John Noyes and the Oneida Perfectionist Community

In the mid to late 1800s, John Humphrey Noyes became a believer in perfectionism.  He would eventually found two different communities of his own, the most well-known being in Oneida, New York which became known as the Oneida Community.  They would practice free love and male continence.  They would start an eugenics experiment later on in their existence.  They would eventually dissolve the cult community and become a manufacturing company most well known for their silverware.

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