> It was still a step up from the previous condition of serfdom I don't think it was the industrial revolution that ended serfdom in a lot of places, at least

> It was still a step up from the previous condition of serfdom I don't think it was the industrial revolution that ended serfdom in a lot of places, at least not per wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serfdom#Dates_of_emancipation_from_serfdom_in_various_countries https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serfdom#Dates_of_emancipation_... In a lot of those places, it did end because of revolutions, but it was the French and 1848, not the Industrial.