2 Emancipations
kernals12
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This is my somewhat fanciful scenario of bringing Liberal Democracy to all the people of the world by the 1960s
March 3, 1861 St. Petersburg, Russia
Peasants gather to hear of their new freedom
Tsar Alexander II issued a proclamation declaring all privately owned surfs are to be emancipated. Russian Serfdom was an anachronism in 19th Century Europe, having long since been abolished in other European powers. 23 million people gained their freedom. They could now move and own property. In addition, they were allowed to buy the land they had farmed through redemption payments. They would fully own their land as opposed to the old Mir system of communal ownership. [1] The Tsar was hoping that this would help modernize his Empire after the humiliating defeat in Crimea, little did he know just what forces he would unleash. In 1866, the same emancipation was given to State Peasants.
June 8, 1864 Baltimore, Maryland, United States
As the South was gripped by a bloody war over slavery, the Republican Party held its convention. The delegates overwhelmingly chose to renominate incumbent President Abraham Lincoln and Vice President Hannibal Hamlin. Lincoln had considered swapping out Hamlin for Tennessee Military Governor Andrew Johnson, a Democrat, as a unity ticket, but ultimately chose to stick with Hamlin. [2] The delegates also affirmed their strong opposition to slavery and support for the war effort.
[1] IOTL the communal ownership system stayed until Stolypin's reforms in the 1900s. Because peasants didn't know whether their land would be given to someone else, they had little incentive to improve it.
[2] IOTL Hamlin became a Radical Reconstructionist after leaving the Vice Presidency
March 3, 1861 St. Petersburg, Russia
Peasants gather to hear of their new freedom
Tsar Alexander II issued a proclamation declaring all privately owned surfs are to be emancipated. Russian Serfdom was an anachronism in 19th Century Europe, having long since been abolished in other European powers. 23 million people gained their freedom. They could now move and own property. In addition, they were allowed to buy the land they had farmed through redemption payments. They would fully own their land as opposed to the old Mir system of communal ownership. [1] The Tsar was hoping that this would help modernize his Empire after the humiliating defeat in Crimea, little did he know just what forces he would unleash. In 1866, the same emancipation was given to State Peasants.
June 8, 1864 Baltimore, Maryland, United States
As the South was gripped by a bloody war over slavery, the Republican Party held its convention. The delegates overwhelmingly chose to renominate incumbent President Abraham Lincoln and Vice President Hannibal Hamlin. Lincoln had considered swapping out Hamlin for Tennessee Military Governor Andrew Johnson, a Democrat, as a unity ticket, but ultimately chose to stick with Hamlin. [2] The delegates also affirmed their strong opposition to slavery and support for the war effort.
[1] IOTL the communal ownership system stayed until Stolypin's reforms in the 1900s. Because peasants didn't know whether their land would be given to someone else, they had little incentive to improve it.
[2] IOTL Hamlin became a Radical Reconstructionist after leaving the Vice Presidency
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