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It may surprise a naive audience how recent serfdom and slavery were the norm all over the world. Here's hoping for building today a better tomorrow. Serfdom e
by pacala 8y ago
It may surprise a naive audience how recent serfdom and slavery were the norm all over the world. Here's hoping for building today a better tomorrow.
Serfdom emancipation in Europe: circa 1800, as late as 1864 in Poland.
Slavery abolition in US: circa 1800 in the North, as late as 1865 in the South.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serfdom#Dates_of_emancipation_from_serfdom_in_various_countries https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serfdom#Dates_of_emancipation_...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slavery_in_the_United_States https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slavery_in_the_United_States
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_abolition_of_slavery_and_serfdom https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_abolition_of_slave...
- iguy 8y agoIndeed, good point. The dates there for Russia etc are accurate, but seem very late for the western countries -- in some places it essentially disappeared centuries before it was legally abolished. (I don't have a great link but e.g. "Serfdom was de facto ended in France by Philip IV, Louis X (1315)," https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_serfdom https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_serfdom ) Barbary corsair slave-raiding also only stopped in 1830, when France decided to invade.
- pacala 8y agoGreat points, thanks for the link. It appears that serfdom largely disappeared as a mass phenomenon in Western Europe [England/France/Italy/Spain] early [XII - XVI centuries], but persisted in Central and especially Eastern Europe all the way into the XIX century. https://www.encyclopedia.com/international/encyclopedias-almanacs-transcripts-and-maps/serfdom-western-europe https://www.encyclopedia.com/international/encyclopedias-alm... https://www.encyclopedia.com/international/encyclopedias-almanacs-transcripts-and-maps/serfdom-eastern-europe https://www.encyclopedia.com/international/encyclopedias-alm... https://www.encyclopedia.com/history/encyclopedias-almanacs-transcripts-and-maps/serfdom-russia https://www.encyclopedia.com/history/encyclopedias-almanacs-...