Dazdie was the tax paid by Roma state slaves in Bessarabia to the Russian Empire after the region was incorporated in 1812. The Roma people (pronounced rahma, singular Rom, sometimes Rroma, and Rrom) along with the closely related Sinti people are commonly known as Gypsies in English, and as Tsigany in most of Europe. ... A monument celebrating the emancipation of slaves in the British Empire in 1834, erected in Victoria Tower Gardens, Millbank, Westminster, London Wiktionary has a definition of: Slavery Slavery can mean one or more related conditions which involve control of a person against his or her will, enforced by violence or... Old map of Bessarabia Bessarabia or Bessarabiya (Basarabia in Romanian, Besarabya in Turkish) was the name used by Russia to designate the eastern part of the territory known as Moldova (Moldavia in English), which was occupied by Russia in 1812. ... 1812 was a leap year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ...

Roma state slaves were organized 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 slaves were not obliged to pay the tax. Lei is the plural form of Leu - the name of the Romanian and Moldovan currencies. ...

The Roma often exercised their exit option by migrating to avoid state and private exploitation.

Souces

• Viorel Achim. The Roma in Romanian History. 2004. Budapest: Central European University Press. ISBN9639241849. pp. 130-132.