Joseph II abolished selfdom
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Joseph II
Czar Alexander II freed the serfs in his empire in 1742. While they were freed, they were still very poor and still worked in terrible conditions.
He abolished serfdom on all royal lands in Prussia, all the lands that he owned, but not throughout the country.
Tsar Alexander II issued the "Emancipation Edict" which abolished the institution of serfdom.
Czar Alexander II. He abolished serfdom in 1861
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Catherine the Great attempted reforms to benefit her people, but her actions were flawed in some important ways. The authority and power of the nobility increased at the expense of the serfs, and the condition of ordinary people deteriorated.
Joseph II
After the Czar Alexander II's emancipation edict, all the personal serfdom was abolished.
Capital punishment in Spain was abolished for all crimes in 1995