In 1836 he organized a group of "Bible Communists" in Putney, Vermont. The following year he wrote his "Battleaxe Letter," in which he advocated free love, but it was not until 1846 that his Putney community abandoned "simple" marriages in favor of "complex" marriages. His complex marriages made all the women wives of all the men, and vice versa and led to his arrest for adultery. In 1880 his community reorganized itself as a joint-stock company 
In 1836 he organized a group of "Bible Communists" in Putney, Vermont. The following year he wrote his "Battleaxe Letter," in which he advocated free love, but it was not until 1846 that his Putney community abandoned "simple" marriages in favor of "complex" marriages. His complex marriages made all the women wives of all the men, and vice versa and led to his arrest for adultery. In 1880 his community reorganized itself as a joint-stock company specializing in the manufacture of silver flatware. For 10 points, name this utopian socialist who founded the Oneida community.
In 1836 he organized a group of "Bible Communists" in Putney, Vermont.
John Humphrey {Noyes}