Serfs in Europe were not allowed to leave the manor which they were tied to unless given permission by their lord. If they were caught leaving they were severely punished. Does this mean none of them traveled at all? Of course not and I'm sure there are instances of escape to freedom. As a whole however, serfs did not really travel. Have they "ever traveled" yeah, of course. If I could think of an instance of mass travelling serfs, at least widely, I'd think of indentured servants. While these were not serfs, they came to America and essentially became serfs who payed their passage to the Americas by working for seven years. They were pretty much slaves, just like serfs.
'Peasant' is a loose term. villeins and serfs are types of peasants, and villeins are types of serfs. A peasant is simply an agricultural worker. A serf, on the other hand, is a virtual slave, being confined to a plot of land in return for protection and the right to work. Serfs are effectively the property of their lords. Villeins are renters tied to land, but are not slaves, and can leave with their lord's consent.
SIMILARITIES AND DIFFERENCES: Serfs were unfree peasants, and peasants are free and unfree. They are alike because they were both grouped together. They both lived on a lord's land. They both paid taxes. Serfs were owned by a lord, and a "free" peasant rented a lord's land, paying in crops. EXTRA (just a little more info): A free peasant usually owned very little. The wealthier peasants owned a few pots and a bedstand. They rented part of a lord's land and usually shared it w/ other families. The homes were cottages w/ one or two rooms in them. Serfs were "owned" by a lord and paid heavy taxes, even though the lord owned them. They tended fields and gave the crops they harvested to the lord. They had a small patch of field for their own crops. BIBLIOGRAPHY (I can't take all of the credit, you know) please see the link below, and History Alive the Medieval World and Beyond
During the Reconstruction period, major political changes for freed slaves included the passage of the 13th, 14th, and 15th Amendments to the Constitution, which abolished slavery, granted citizenship rights, and prohibited denial of voting rights based on race. Freed slaves gained the right to participate in government, hold political office, and shape policies impacting their communities. These changes marked significant progress towards equality and civil rights for African Americans in the United States.
Nothing really, but if they were runaways then their problems would be trying their best not to get caught. If they were caught, normally they would get whipped, sometimes killed depending on the circumstances.
The czar that freed the serfs in Russia is Alexander the II.
Freed serfs were given small emounts of land but they still had to pay heavy taxes.
When Alexander II freed the serfs (peasants) in Russia in 1861. The serfs were never truly freed. The Russian government bought land from the landowners to give to the serfs, but the serfs were required to repay the Russian government. These repayments took 49 years and the serfs stayed on the land until it was fully repaid.
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In 1861, Alexander II freed the serfs and gave them small farms.
Tsar Alexander II freed the serfs in 1861.
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Tsar Alexander II "freed" the serfs in 1861, which sounded well and good but they weren't truly freed. In order to provide the "freed" serfs with land to work and live on, the Russian government took land from the owners, paid them for it then turned it over to village collectives called mirs. The serfs were part of the mir and were required to repay the Russian government over a 49 year period. The "free" serfs could not leave the land until the government was fully paid. Neither the landowners nor the serfs were happy with the situation. Alexander II was later assassinated in 1881.
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The last countries to free serfs (as opposed to slaves) were Tibet and Bhutan, in 1959. The last serfs freed in Europe were in Bosnia and Herzegovina, in 1918. Please see the link below.
It helped industrialization since the freed serfs were able to work in factories.