Thomas Rees ( - 17 November 1876), generally known as Twm Carnabwth, was a leader of the first "

Rebecca Riots The Rebecca Riots (Welsh: ''Terfysgoedd Beca'') took place between 1839 and 1843 in West and Mid Wales. They were a series of protests undertaken by local farmers and agricultural workers in response to levels of taxation. The rioters, often me ...

" in 1839. Nobody knows who called the meeting in the barn of Glynsaithmaen farm in the Preseli hills, and nobody knows who attended. But the man selected to lead the attack on the new

toll-gate A toll road, also known as a turnpike or tollway, is a public or private road (almost always a controlled-access highway in the present day) for which a fee (or ''toll'') is assessed for passage. It is a form of road pricing typically implemented ...

at Efail-wen was the 33-year-old red-headed Thomas Rees."''And they blessed Rebecca''" by Pat Molloy, . Published by Gomer Press, Llandysul, Dyfed

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- "Brother Beca", district of Rebecca. 1800s births 1876 deaths British tax resisters Rebecca Riots Welsh rebels {{Wales-bio-stub