Hudson Valley manorial system

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The Hudson Valley manorial system was a semi-feudal landholding structure in colonial New York, where large estates controlled by powerful landlords dominated agriculture, tenancy, and local governance along the Hudson River.

All labels observed (4)

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Predicate Object
instanceOf colonial institution ⓘ
land tenure system ⓘ
semi‑feudal system ⓘ
abolishedBy New York State legislation ⓘ
associatedWithEvent Anti‑Rent War ⓘ
New York land riots ⓘ
tenant uprisings ⓘ
country British Empire ⓘ
declinePeriod early 19th century ⓘ
late 18th century ⓘ
developedInPeriod 17th century ⓘ
18th century ⓘ
feature hereditary estates ⓘ
landlord control of local offices ⓘ
landlord control over milling and marketing ⓘ
limited freehold ownership for tenants ⓘ
long‑term leases ⓘ
manorial courts ⓘ
obligations of service and rent ⓘ
quitrents ⓘ
residual feudal dues ⓘ
governedBy manorial lords ⓘ
patroons ⓘ
hasPart Beekman Patent ⓘ
Clermont Manor ⓘ
Cortlandt Manor ⓘ
linked to: Town of Cortlandt

Hardenbergh Patent ⓘ
Livingston Manor ⓘ
Philipse Manor ⓘ
Philipse Upper Mills estate ⓘ
Rensselaerswyck manor ⓘ
linked to: Rensselaerswyck

Van Cortlandt Manor ⓘ
impact concentration of land ownership ⓘ
persistence of quasi‑feudal relations in New York ⓘ
restriction of yeoman freehold farming ⓘ
shaping of Hudson Valley political culture ⓘ
inspiredBy Dutch patroonship system ⓘ
English manorial system ⓘ
legalBasis land grants from the English Crown ⓘ
patents issued by colonial governors ⓘ
locatedIn Hudson Valley ⓘ
Province of New York ⓘ
Thirteen Colonies ⓘ
mainEconomicActivity grain production ⓘ
mixed agriculture ⓘ
tenant farming ⓘ
participant Dutch-descended elites ⓘ
English-descended elites ⓘ
German tenant farmers ⓘ
Native American laborers ⓘ
Scots‑Irish tenant farmers ⓘ
enslaved Africans ⓘ
relatedTo American Revolution ⓘ
New Netherland patroonships ⓘ
linked to: New Netherland
socialStructure landlords and tenant farmers ⓘ
rent‑paying tenants ⓘ
sharecroppers ⓘ

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Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Lord of Philipsburg Manor → partOf → Hudson Valley manorial system ⓘ
Stephen Van Rensselaer → notableWork → Development of Rensselaerswyck estate ⓘ
linked to: Hudson Valley manorial system
schout of Rensselaerswyck → appliesToJurisdiction → manorial lands of the Van Rensselaer family ⓘ
linked to: Hudson Valley manorial system
Catheryna Rombout Brett → partOf → European settlement of the Hudson Valley ⓘ
linked to: Hudson Valley manorial system