Ferdinand I11 April 1848
Signs laws which abolish serfdom & makes peasants owners of the land they cultivate. Revokes the tax-free status of the nobility & ends censorship
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Signs laws which abolish serfdom & makes peasants owners of the land they cultivate. Revokes the tax-free status of the nobility & ends censorship
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