Ban Josip Jelacic's proclamation abolishing serfdom

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    Zagreb
    April 25th 1848
    Paper, print; printed by Ljudevit Gaj's press
    58 x 71 cm

    Printed text with decorative border in red and blue, J. Jelacic's original signature and banal seal in wax.

    Banal proclamation by which Josip Jelacic announces to the inhabitants of the Kingdoms of Croatia and Slavonia deliverance 'for all times from villenage at the will of a feudal lord, and all serf's taxes'


    HPM/PMH-028390


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