How should we remember Oneida? Was John Humphrey Noyes a cult leader, akin to David Koresh? Did the communards of Oneida achieve their goals? Were the people who lived there happy? What can we, today, learn from the experience of Oneida? In this, the final episode of American Utopia, we answer these questions.  -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Thanks to Ellen Wayland Smith for sharing her experience as a descendant of Oneida. You can buy her excellent book here. https://tinyurl.com/y7kapfmw<br /><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>

American Utopia

Dan Greenstone

Episode 8: Remember Oneida?

APR 4, 201833 MIN
American Utopia

Episode 8: Remember Oneida?

APR 4, 201833 MIN

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How should we remember Oneida? Was John Humphrey Noyes a cult leader, akin to David Koresh? Did the communards of Oneida achieve their goals? Were the people who lived there happy? What can we, today, learn from the experience of Oneida? In this, the final episode of American Utopia, we answer these questions. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Thanks to Ellen Wayland Smith for sharing her experience as a descendant of Oneida. You can buy her excellent book here. https://tinyurl.com/y7kapfmw<br /><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>