Pinkerton agents were private security guards and detectives employed by the Pinkerton National Detective Agency, a private security firm founded in 1850 by Allan Pinkerton. They were known for their role in breaking up labor unions and suppressing worker uprisings during the industrialization of the United States in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
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