Highway Robbery

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There were different roles within the gang: a ​

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was the investor; a ​

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would direct the ship to the shore; a ​

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would arrange the unloading of the cargo; a ​

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carried the goods; and a ​

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protected the tubsman.

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venturer

spotsman

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tubsman

batsman

pitcher

goalie

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• Gangs would have to be watchful for

• officers from HM Customs. The coastline was divided

• into 33 areas, each with teams

• of preventative officers, whose job it was to

• prevent smuggling, or catch the smugglers.

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Multiple Choice

Why were smugglers often not convicted, even when they had been caught?

• The HM Customs were on their side

• The gangs threatened the authorities

• People 'faced the wall' so they couldn't identify smugglers

• There weren't enough officials

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Barry Island was a notorious centre of smuggling. In ​

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excise men reported a ship with ​

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and a crew of 40 was lying off the Island, openly running smuggled goods. In 1798 the Collector of ​

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led a party of ​

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men into the island. They seized 300 casks of ​

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and 3 chests of tea.

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Smugglers were often ​

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as a deterrent to others. However, as so few were caught it did not stop the problem of smuggling. When the ​

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reduced ​

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on tea and other goods in the late ​

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and early 19th centuries, smuggling declined as it was no longer so ​

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• Watchtowers were also built along the south coast

• of England to protect against

  French

• invasion. These watchtowers made it far more likely

• that smugglers would be

  caught. The creation of the Coast

• Guard in the 1820s also led to fewer opportunities for smugglers.

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Multiple Choice

Which of the following was NOT a cause of highway robbery?

• Turnpike roads

• social crime

• lack of banking

• unpoliced roads

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A robber on foot was called a ​

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and was often part of a gang. They would rob people travelling on foot and they could be very ​

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. They carried a ​

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- a short sword. As they didn’t have a horse they targeted ​

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, who could not escape easily. They did not have the glamorous image that highwaymen had and were considered to be ​

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criminals.

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The most frequent robberies took place on the roads leading in and out of​

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. The isolated spot of ​

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Heath was a favourite. ​

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Common on the ​

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North ​

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was another area prone to attacks.

Multiple Choice

Why were highwaymen considered to be socially superior to footpads.

• They had horses

• They had more weapons

• They were able to steal more goods

• They were more polite

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What crime was Dick Turpin eventually executed for?

• stealing horses

• burglary

• stealing cattle

• murder

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Cati (Thomas Jones) was a ​

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highwayman from the 16th and ​

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century. He is known as the Welsh ​

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Hood as he allegedly stole from the rich and gave to the poor in ​

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. However, it is likely that not much of what he stole got to the poor.

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Which of the following were reasons for the decline in highway robbery?

• Bow Street Horse Patrol

• Martello Towers

• More banks

• Fewer isolated roads