Note 131 — NAPOLEON'S RETREAT FROM MOSCOW.
Reading edition
Serfs: these serfs were slaves in all but name, and were bought and sold like cattle. They were emancipated by law in 1861, the whole number throughout Russia then being over 21,000,000.
Reading edition
Serfs: these serfs were slaves in all but name, and were bought and sold like cattle. They were emancipated by law in 1861, the whole number throughout Russia then being over 21,000,000.