It was also clumsily written, and threatened many relatively small landholders more than the latifundists.

They are small landholders, with 2 to 5 acres of land.

They created much legislation to protect and favour of small agricultural landholders as opposed to the aristocracy.

Thus support for the small landholders created a stronger military force for the Empire.

During the mid 19th century Ginninderra was predominantly a wheat growing district especially for the smaller landholders.

For smaller landholders, however, the temptation to cash in appears stronger.

"It's like talking a lot of uncommitted small landholders into taking somebody's livery and maintenance," the latter said.

After the revolution, the land was redistributed to the former slaves, and Haiti became a nation of small landholders.

They haven't been radical in their land reforms, but the small landholder and sharecropper feel more protected.

The nature of the smaller landholders has been difficult to reconstruct.