Why were the poor farmers of England against the threshing machines? What was the Captain Swing Movement?
The poor farmers of England were against the threshing machines because they felt the threshing machines would replace people and deprive them of their livelihood and render them jobless. Captain Swing Movement was a movement by rioters against the use of the threshing machines. Captain Swing was a mythical name used in threatening letters warning the landlords to stop the use of threshing machines.
