 | John Humphrey Noyes : Radical, American Preacher and Utopian SocialistSeptember 3, 1811 — April 13, 1886 |
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| John Humphrey Noyes : Radical, American Preacher and Utopian SocialistSeptember 3, 1811 — April 13, 1886 |
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In 1847, Noyes moved his community to Oneida, New York. The community followed Noyes's teachings and managed economically through agriculture and industry. Their most controversial practice was that of complex marriage, where no two individuals where exclusively attached to one another.
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From : Anarchy Archives
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As a man who has passed through a series of passional excitements, is never the same being afterwards, so we insist that these socialistic paroxysms have changed the heart of the nation ; and that a yeanling toward social reconstruction has become a part of the continuous, permanent, inner experience of the Anlerican people."
From : "American Socialism," by John Humphrey Noyes
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About John Humphrey Noyes
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Noyes began exploring a new form of salvation he called Perfectionism. He claimed that he was 'free of sin', which alienated many and lost him his license to preach. He then returned to Vermont, where he preached, gained a following, and began to practice complex marriage.
In 1847, Noyes moved his community to Oneida, New York. The community followed Noyes's teachings and managed economically through agriculture and industry. Their most controversial practice was that of complex marriage, where no two individuals where exclusively attached to one another. There were some other sexual practices within the community that also garnered criticism, like "Male Continence" and "Ascending Fellowship".
In his later years, Noyes faced legal troubles. After multiple arrest warrants both for adultery and statutory rape, Noyes finally fled to Canada where he remained until his death in 1886.
Works Cited
Hillebrand, Randall. "The Oneida Community." New York History Net. 20 Feb. 2008.
Hogan, Kathleen M. "John Humphrey Noyes and the Oneida Perfectionists." American Studies. The University of Virginia, 28 July 2007.
Martin, John H. "John Humphrey Noyes: The Oneida Community." The Crooked Lake Review. Fall 2005.
From : Anarchy Archives
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As a man who has passed through a series of passional excitements, is never the same being afterwards, so we insist that these socialistic paroxysms have changed the heart of the nation ; and that a yeanling toward social reconstruction has become a part of the continuous, permanent, inner experience of the Anlerican people."
From : "American Socialism," by John Humphrey Noyes
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The only laudable object anyone can have in rehearsing and studying the histories of the socialistic failures, is that of learning fronl them practical lessons for guidance in present and future experiments."
From : "American Socialism," by John Humphrey Noyes
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...we do not see how Socialism on a large scale is going to be propagated. Exceptional Associations may be formed here and there by careful selection and special good fortune; but how general society is to be resolved into Communities, without some such transformation of existing organizations, we do not pretend to foresee."
From : "American Socialism," by John Humphrey Noyes
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