Emancipation: The Abolition and Aftermath of American Slavery and Russian Serfdom

by Peter Kolchin

In this sequel to his landmark study, historian Peter Kolchin compares the transition to freedom after American emancipation with the Russian Great Reforms

The two largest transitions from unfree to free labor of the many that occurred in Europe and the Americas during the nineteenth century took place in the United States and in Russia. Both occurred in the 1860s, and in both the former slaves and serfs strove to maximize their autonomy...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0300273665
• ISBN13: 9780300273663
• Release Date: September 2024
• Publisher: Yale University Press
• Length: 568 Pages