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sparked by the Gobu Farmers' uprising in January 1894
was the first ever farmers' revolution on a nation-wide
scale in Korea's history, started by the waking up of
the public awareness.
It was an opportunity to open a modern society in Korea.
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The first farmers' uprising was anti-feudal resistance movement
searching for the freedom and people's rights while the second
one was anti-foreign movement for the national independence
and self-reliance to drive the Japanese army out of the Korean
Peninsular.
The Farmers' Revolution was launched to overturn the feudal
system of the society, which was based on the domination and
subordination relationship and to build a new social and economic
system based on the principles of equality, freedom and self-rule.
Even though the revolution failed by the combined power of the
conservative noblemen class and the foreign force, its spirit
has handed down to Save-the-Poor movement and Yeonghakdang movement,
farther down to the loyal troop uprising/March 1 demonstration
against the Japanese rule. |
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