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... source 26 explaining what happened to the landlords- "The most shot in one day was 199, but in the countryside many, many more were put to knife, bullet and garrot" 2) Source 21 explains why, peasants acted this way towards the landlords. "...Evil gentry, lawless landlords have themselves driven the peasants to this. For ages they have used their power to tyrannise over the peasants and trample them underfoot, that is why the peasants have reacted so strongly..." This says that the peasants have a right to be angry with the landlords for the way they were treated. The source also tells us that the peasants have their facts before causing all this to happen, but it doesn't say what the landlords actually did, therefore it is not an adequate justification, it doesn't give a satisfactory reason for why the peasants acted the way they did. 3) Source 21 gives a different account ...
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