called Frontiersmen. After the abolishment
of this part of the Frontier in 1751, Senta was included into
District of Theiss, which was part of
the
Batsch-Bodrog County
of the
Habsburg Kingdom of Hungary. Many of
the
Serbs
that lived in the town, and that now
considered themselves humiliated by being reduced from soldiers to farmers,
emigrated either to other parts of the Habsburg Monarchy where Military
Frontier was still needed either to Russia (notably to
New Serbia
and
Slavo-Serbia).
One of the settlements in New Serbia was also named Senta by the Serb
colonists.
During the 18th and 19th centuries, Hungarians, Slovaks, Germans, and Jews settled
in the town. In 1848–1849 revolution, the town was alternately controlled by
the forces of the Kingdom of Hungary and
forces of the Serbian Vojvodina.
From 1849 to 1860, it was part of the Voivodeship
of Serbia and Banat of
