Taking Back Our Stolen History
Robber Baron
Robber Baron

Robber Baron

Robber Baron was a term applied to a businessman in the 19th century who engaged in unethical and monopolistic practices, wielded widespread political influence, and amassed enormous wealth. The term itself dated back centuries, and was originally applied to noblemen in the Middle Ages who functioned as feudal warlords and were literally “robber barons.” In the 1870’s the term began to be used to describe business tycoons, and the usage persisted throughout the rest of the 19th century. The late 1800’s and the first decade of the 20th century is sometimes referred to as an age of robber barons. In America, the Rockefellers and their fellow robber barons began a long-term program to complete their enslavement of the American people. They quietly and systematically gained control of the media, the text-book publishing companies and, by spreading their wealth liberally and strategically, were able to distort education.