The Rebecca Riots began with an attack on the Efailwen tollgate in Carmarthenshire by men in women's clothing led by Thomas Rees known as Rebecca. The riots spread across west Wales as tenant farmers and labourers attacked tollgates that represented the burden of road tolls on the rural poor.
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