1927년 매화도 소작쟁의의 전개 과정과 특징

Abstract

The Plum Blossom Island Farm Tenancy Dispute is a peasant movement that occurred on the Plum BlossomIsland, a small island classified as the administrative unit of li(里), in the late 1920s. Theaspects of the Plum Blossom Island Farm Tenancy Dispute that need to behighlighted are as follows: first, the Plum Blossom Island, despite being asmall island, was where vigorous farm tenancy disputes that were comparable tothe unit of myeon (a township) broke out. The reason could be that there was avicious landowner known as Seo In-sup and that there was a growth of the younggeneration cantered around the Seo Byeong-dae. The Seo Byeong-daeconsolidated the farmers under the influence of socialism, and it establishedthe Plum Blossom Farmers Association in 1927 to defy the landowner. During thisprocess, the conflict among relatives of the Icheon Seo clan and a sense ofcommunity among the Plum Blossom Island residents was observed. Second, itextended to the form of a resistance against the colonial authorities beyondthe landowner–tenant farmer relationship among Koreans. Starting in the 1920s,the landowner Seo In-sup was colluding with the colonial authorities during hisactivities in Mokpo. As a result, when the tenancy dispute occurred, heactively utilized colonial laws, such as the disposition of housename. Further, even colonial authorities such as bailiffs,police, prosecutors, and others were mobilized. During this process, the factthat the colonial authorities defined the leaders of the farm tenancy disputeas socialists can be figured out. As such, the Plum Blossom Island Farm TenancyDispute should be seen as an extension of the resistance against the colonialestablishment and colonial authorities rather than a mere conflict between a Joseonperson and Joseon tenant farmers.