They had to buy their land through redemption payments, which many couldn't afford, and took up to 49 years to pay off.
Peasants weren't allowed to travel until they had paid their redemption payments, and even after this, ad to get permisiion from the Mir to leave.
There was a 2 year period of 'temporary obligation' before freedom was granted, during which the land allocations were worked out.
Even by 1881, 15% of serfs remained 'temporarily obligated' to their landlords as they could not afford to start their redemption payments.
Peasants had less land than before- some received land that did not produce much food, so they could not eat or pay redemption payments.
Landowners were given more than market values for the land, so peasants paying for the land had to pay more than it was worth.
The landowners would often keep the best part of the land for themselves (they kept up to 2/3 of their land).

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Slide Set on Emancipation Edict, 1861, created by Georgia Brooke on 28/11/2015.

Emancipation Edict, 1861