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Northerners' Perspectives On American Emancipation And The End Of Russian Serfdom, Mariana S. Kellis
Northerners' Perspectives On American Emancipation And The End Of Russian Serfdom, Mariana S. Kellis
Honors Undergraduate Theses
This thesis explores the various perspectives that Northern Americans had on Russian serfdom and its emancipation. This era was significant to both Russia and the United States because each country experienced tremendous reforms including the abolitions of their unfree labor institutions. Generally, Northern Americans viewed serfdom as a milder form of forced labor and suspected that it would be eradicated soon. Abolitionists used rumors of Russian emancipation to advocate for the end of American slavery. Diminishing the realities of serfdom in the American media was a way for abolitionists to condemn the brutality of American slavery by comparison. After the …