Stavnsbånd
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The stavnsbånd was a serfdom-like institution introduced in Denmark in 1733 which existed in some form until 1800. It bonded men between certain ages to live on the estate where they were born. It was
The Frihedsstøtten (lit. 'Liberty Column') in Copenhagen which was erected in 1792. The obelisk is in memory of the 1788 peasant reforms which led to the abolition of the stavnsbånd.
The 1733 document which brought the stavnsbånd into law.
The stavnsbånd was abolished on 20 June 1788. The picture shows the last page of the abolition document with King Christian VII's signature, from the National Archives of Denmark.
Peasant
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A peasant is a pre-industrial agricultural laborer or a farmer with limited land-ownership, especially one living in the Middle Ages under feudalism and paying rent, tax, fees, or services to a landlo
Young women offer berries to visitors to their izba home, 1909. Those who had been serfs among the Russian peasantry were officially emancipated in 1861. Photograph by Sergey Prokudin-Gorsky.
A farm in 1794
Finnish Savonian farmers at a cottage in early 19th century; by Pehr Hilleström and J. F. Martin
"Feiernde Bauern" ("Celebrating Peasants"), artist unknown, 18th or 19th century