David Williams, _The Rebecca Riots: A Study in Agrarian Discontent_ Gwyn Thomas, _All Things Betray Thee_ (novelization)
First protest against tolls was in 1839 and it set tone for future actions when crowd of several hundred burned a tollgate to the ground. While workhouses to which poor were sentenced came to be targets as well, 'riots' subsided when toll costs were reduced. Michael Hoover