Frank Vickerman

Frank Vickerman was a man in the early 1800s who lived in West Yorkshire. He owned a wool processing factory at Taylor Hill, which was attacked by the Luddites on March 15, 1812.cite book
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title =Writings of the Luddites
publisher =JHU Press
date =2004
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pages =page 211
url =http://books.google.com/books?id=NG6ABlDQ10MC&pg=PA211&dq=%22Frank+Vickerman%22&client=firefox-a&sig=2G7n7rpprsjWTCmoaJuxluEx-Pw
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id = ISBN 0801876125 ] The factory was destroyed and arson was attempted. Frank Vickerman was targeted by this anti-technological growth organization partly because the machines in his factory were taking the jobs of actual people, but also, Frank Vickerman had been previously involved in an Anti-Luddite committee.

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