Did highway men rob people?

because u could get robbed or killed cause they're visous soilders from the civil war ;)

Because they could get away with it - hiding in the bushes, watching the arrival of a carriage, then making a quick getaway back into the woods.

rich people

Highwaymen robbed people on roads. The modern idea of a highway is incorrect. The roads were not like they are now - multi-lane paved etc. They held up stagecoaches, horseback travelers or anyone...

I think people became highway men as they were poor, so they decided to start robbing from the sides of the highway. This made them rich as well as wanted! however if they were to be caught they...