This community was started after its founder fled indictment for adultry in Putney, Vermont.
This community was started after its founder fled indictment for adultry in Putney, Vermont. Along with the splinter community at Wallingford, Connecticut, it was founded by so-called "Bible communists" who ran a collective 900-acre farm, shared possessions, and practiced polygamy and polyandry until 1879, when its founder, John Humphrey Noyes, fled to Canada. FTP, what was this New York utopian society which reorganized in 1881 as a corporation manufacturing silverware?
This community was started after its founder fled indictment for adultry in Putney, Vermont.
Oneida Commune (or Community)