The liberation of the serfs had to be accomplished; and another important point was won--the liberated serfs would receive, besides their homesteads, the land that they had hitherto cultivated for themselves.
Kropotkin emphasizes the necessity of serf liberation and the land rights granted to the newly freed serfs.
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