feb 25, 1825 - Robert Owen explains his plans for New Harmony to Congress
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In 1824, Robert Owen, a British factory owner, purchased the Harmony community in Indiana and renamed it New Harmony. Owen planned on making his newly acquired 20,000 acres and 200 buildings into a "new moral world", which would champion women's rights and education. While the actual utopian community was short lived, the ideas that it preached went on to inspire other reform movements.Added to timeline:
Date:
feb 25, 1825
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~ 200 years ago