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A robber baron or robber knight (German Raubritter) was an unscrupulous feudal landowner who resorted to banditry while protected by his fief's legal status. Medieval robber barons robbed merchants, land travelers, and river traffic. They might rob cargoes, steal entire ships, or kidnap for ransom.
Dunfermline, Scotland. Andrew Carnegie, the most contradictory of the robber barons: he supported workersâ rights, but destroyed unions; and when he acquired the largest fortune in US history, he tried to give it away. Andrew is born in Scotland in 1835.