Dazdie was the tax paid by
Romani
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Ethnicities
* Romani people, an ethnic group of Northern Indian origin, living dispersed in Europe, the Americas and Asia
** Romani genocide, under Nazi rule
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state
serf
Serfdom was the status of many peasants under feudalism, specifically relating to manorialism, and similar systems. It was a condition of debt bondage and indentured servitude with similarities to and differences from slavery, which developed ...
s in
Bessarabia
Bessarabia (; Gagauz: ''Besarabiya''; Romanian: ''Basarabia''; Ukrainian: ''Бессара́бія'') is a historical region in Eastern Europe, bounded by the Dniester river on the east and the Prut river on the west. About two thirds of Be ...
to the Russian Empire after the region was incorporated in 1812.
Roma state serfs were organised in 3 categories:
* First class: owing annual taxes of 40
lei;
* Second class: owing annual taxes of 20 lei;
* Third class: consisting of the elderly, widows and orphans and owing no taxes.
Privately owned Roma serfs were not obliged to pay the tax.
The Roma serfs often emigrated to avoid state and private exploitation.
See also
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Leibzoll
The Leibzoll (German: "body tax") was a special toll that Jews had to pay in most European states from the Middle Ages to the 19th century.
Rate of the toll
The origin of the Leibzoll may be traced to the political position of the Jews in Ger ...
*
Jizya
Jizya ( ar, جِزْيَة / ) is a per capita yearly taxation historically levied in the form of financial charge on dhimmis, that is, permanent Kafir, non-Muslim subjects of a state governed by Sharia, Islamic law. The jizya tax has been unde ...
References
* Viorel Achim. ''The Roma in Romanian History''. 2004. Budapest: Central European University Press. . pp. 130–132.
Russian Empire
Serfdom
Romani history
Romani in Russia
Unfree labour by country
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