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public affairs in general assembly. About four hundred years ago,
when all Russia became subject to the sway of a single sovereign,
the Boyars acquired authority over the people. Although the Tsars,
in succession, granted territorial possessions to the nobles, they
gave them no power over the persons of the cultivators of the
lands, until about one hundred years back, when the peasants were
attached to the glebe. The Dvoranin, or noble, then became the
master of the peasants, who cultivated his lands, but under a
contract between them, as the name, in the legislative acts of
Krapostnoe or bondsmen, where certain rights and privileges were
observed to them, points out. These rights exist at this hour in
all their vigour, and the situation of vassals has been greatly
ameliorated within the last twenty years. I have dwelt upon this
point, to show my readers that slavery does not exist, nor was it
ever known, in Russia; and vassalage, the true name of it, is not
of very ancient date; nor is it of that extreme servile kind it has
been described by those who have purposely spoken only of its
abuses, ?insulated examples of tyranny, brutal behaviour, and
oppression. To the honor and glory of Russia, it must be declared
that slavery, such as exists in the United States of America, the
West Indies, and elsewhere, never was known on her foil. The
peasants have always enjoyed, and still preserve, unimpaired, their
ancient free elective institutions in the government of the
villages, and of which they never have been deprived for an
instant. My readers must now be convinced that an arbitrary system
of slavery never was contemplated, or ever has existed, in Russia.
Whatever may have been the abuses which have taken place, arising
out chapter{Section 4 of the limited submission of the peop...
General
| Imprint: |
Kessinger Publishing Co
|
| Country of origin: |
United States |
| Release date: |
2010 |
| First published: |
2010 |
| Authors: |
Peter Dobell
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| Dimensions: |
229 x 152 x 3mm (L x W x T) |
| Format: |
Paperback - Trade
|
| Pages: |
52 |
| ISBN-13: |
978-1-120-86570-0 |
| Categories: |
Books >
Humanities >
History >
General
Books >
History >
General
Promotions
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| LSN: |
1-120-86570-0 |
| Barcode: |
9781120865700 |
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