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When people talk about peasants, they mean people who live and work on a farm but don't own the land themselves. Usually, the word "peasant" describes someone living in Europe or Asia some centuries ago when all the farm land was owned by nobles, the church, or the king or emperor. Peasants had no right to own land, and they often had no right to move to a different farm or to a different place.
The peasants worked long days in the fields and orchards. |
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