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Antirent War
- In Antirent War
…of leaseholding farmers over the patroon system then prevailing on the great hereditary estates, originally established by the Dutch. In addition to rent, a farmer had to provide certain services to the landowner; the farmer’s position was similar to that of a copyholder or villein under European feudalism. On the…
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