Emancipation (Map Game)

In the year 1861, Tsar Alexander II of Russia issued the Manifest ob Otmene Krepostnogo Prava of 1861. The Emancipation Manifesto, as it came to be known, proclaimed the freedom of all Russian peasants from serfdom and virtual slavery to their aristocratic masters. Halfway across the world, the opposite transpired when seven American states seceded and thereafter united to form the Confederate States of America — a federation committed to the protection of slavery — sparking the American Civil War just two months later.

You now sit at the helm of one of the world's numerous nation-states or colonies, and it is up to you to decide the fate of your country. How will you face the impending slave crisis? How will you deal with freedom of the peasantry? How will you respond to the great Emancipation?

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Mod Events will be organised into War, Political , Social , Economic and Miscellaneous categories. They will also be listed chronologically; events with no certain dates will be placed at the bottom of the mod events section.

1861
'''The self-proclaimed Republics of Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas and Virginia secede from the United States in defiance of the election of Abraham Lincoln to the Presidency. Starting on February 4, the rebelling states join the newly-established Confederate States of America, which enshrines slavery in its constitution, in contrast to Lincoln's election platform of anti-slavery and slave emancipation. A Confederate attack on the US Fort Sumter on April 12 begins the American Civil War.'''

'''Emperor and Autocrat of All the Russias Tsar Alexander II Romanov issues the Emancipation Manifesto on March 3, proclaiming the abolition of serfdom throughout the Empire. He grants former serfs the full rights of free citizens. Peasants are now able to purchase land from their former landlords. However, a two-year transition period means that the peasant is obligated as before to the old land-owner; large parts of common land are passed to the major land-owners as otrezki ("cut off lands"), making many forests, roads and rivers accessible only for a fee. The peasants must also pay the landowner for their allocation of land in a series of redemption payments, which are used to compensate the landowners with bonds.'''

The Bamana Empire is conquered by the Toucouleur Empire.

The Kingdom of Italy is founded on March 17.

The First Taranaki War ends in New Zealand on March 18.

The Free Cities of Menton and Roquebrune, after a plebiscite, is annexed to France.

'''The Nian Rebellion, which began in 1851 as a response from northern Chinese rebels to the Qing government's failure to render aid to northern China after two floods, continues. It causes immense economic devastation and loss of life on both sides. Meanwhile, the Miao Rebellion which started in 1854 ravages the Guizhou province in response to an increase in taxes due to the also ongoing Taiping Rebellion.'''

'''The Herzegovina Uprising, which began in 1852 as a response from Herzegovinian tribes to the Ottoman general Omar Pasha's order to disarm the Herzegovinians, continues. General Pasha continues to find ways to end the uprising, but is unsuccessful.'''

'''The Cochinchina Campaign which began in 1858 continues between the armies of France and Spain, and those of Dai Nam. A French war of conquest, the French and Spanish make great gains in southern Vietnam and France creates the Cochinchina colony.'''

The Federal War between Venezuelan Federalists and Centralists continues.

The Colombian Civil War between the Granadine Confederation and the rebelling Federal State of Cauca continues.

A series of Chilean military campaigns known as the Occupation of Araucanía continues.

'''LET THE GAMES BEGIN! (once everything's organised)'''