LIBERALS' BRIEF HOPE,"THE SPRINGTIME OF THE PEOPLES"
-- The Universal, Democratic and Social Republic by Frédéric Sorrieu / zoom
Peoples of Europe unite around a tree of liberty and a statue of the Republic.
A queen and generals flee from crowds. The ruin in the background represents the end of feudalism.
Except for the children from four continents on the chariot, all the references are French: Marianne in a Phrygien cap, a tree of liberty, Parisian monuments in the background, the banner in which is written "L'Organisation du Travail."
Flourishing commerce for prosperity and peace
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The uprising leads to...
- The abolition of serfdom in Austria and Hungary.
- The autonomy of the Vojvodina region in Serbia until 1860, then some rights.
- The end of absolute monarchy in Denmark.
- A parliamentary government in the Netherlands.
- The abolition of slavery in French territories.
But the main result is repression and regimes that become
still more reactionary:
The Artillery Prepares to Repress the Frankfurt Insurrection, September 1848 by Jean Nicolas Ventadour / zoom
March Troubles in Stockholm by Fritz von Dardel, 1848 / zoom
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The Execution of Hungarian agents by the Austrians at Arad by Janos Thomas / gone from the web |
Many rebels flee. As well-educated professionals, they are usually well received:
In the sequel to "Little Women," the heroine marries Dr. Baehr, a German refugee, and they found a school together (published in 1886).
The upheaval foreshadows changes
that industrialisation will bring
(a free press, universal male suffrage),
but not the future
in which the humanist rebels believed.
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