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Utopian Visions in 19 th Century America

Utopian Visions in 19 th Century America. Why?. Social change in 1820s Transportation improvements Labor changes. Religious Revival. Perfectionism Separation Emotion Conversion Mormons as an example . Shakers. Plain and celibate life Charismatic leader, Mother Ann Lee.

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Utopian Visions in 19 th Century America

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  1. Utopian Visions in 19th Century America

  2. Why? • Social change in 1820s • Transportation improvements • Labor changes

  3. Religious Revival • Perfectionism • Separation • Emotion • Conversion • Mormons as an example

  4. Shakers • Plain and celibate life • Charismatic leader, Mother Ann Lee

  5. Oneida Community • Breaking down property ownership • Group marriage • Communal Child-rearing

  6. Revival Culture • Outside regular congregations • Charismatic preacher, Charles Finney is the most famous • Emotional

  7. Social Reform • Conversion as a script for reform • Moral authority of women • Economic changes

  8. Temperance • Narrative of neglected and impoverished women and children • Immigrant communities • Attempt to convert drinkers

  9. New York Female Moral Reform Society • Begins in 1834 to rescue victims of “seduction” • Middle-class white women offering reform and conversion • Stood outside of brothels and attempted to “rescue” prostitutes

  10. Abolition • Civilization and slavery • Organizations of whites • American Colonization Society • William Lloyd Garrison

  11. Symbol of Abolition Movement

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