Source chapter reviews (answering the questions that following and reflecting on them.Questions are
1. What caused the emancipation movements? Were the cause basically the same in Russia, the United States, and Brazil?
2. Which political system was more open to protest, that of Russia or that of the United States? Why did the protests of former serfs in Russia ultimately lead to revolution, whereas protests by former slaves in the Untied States did not?
3. On balance, did reform fail or succeed in Russia? In the United States? In either case, can you think of ways reform could have been done more successfully, with better long-term results?
4. What results did Brazilian emancipation and the abolitionism that preceded it suggest for freed slaves and the postslavery economy?