National rights in documents of the serbian movement in South Hungary 1848-1849.

Regulation on civil rights and liberties -- predominantly in programs -- have ever since occupied an important part of the documents of the Serbian National Movement in South Hungary in 1848-1849. These documents had characteristics of constitution drafts, although not all of them were equally concentrated on that subject matter. Primarily in the first half of the Movement, in March and April 1848, these documents included numerous requests, national petitions, further the Decisions of the May Assembly and later on various drafts of constitutional content. Civil rights and liberties were mainly dealt with in documents of Stefan Radičević and in documents of the constitutional committee. Personal, but also political rights. Like the freedom of press, opinion end speech, the liberty of meetings and unions preoccupied the first place in theses documents. Since the Serbs fought primarily for their national rights and liberties these were assigned an important standing. The declaration of equality of all nations that lived on the territory of the Serbian Woiwodina, further the proclamation of international tolerance, freedom and equality of civilians -- regardless of their confession and nationality -- their right to preserve nationality, to be educated in their mother-tongue, to use their native language and writing in communication with authorities ranked high. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]