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John Humphrey Noyes, American religious leader, founded the Oneida Community (born 1811)

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John Humphrey Noyes

American utopian community founder (1811–1886)

John Humphrey Noyes was an American preacher, radical religious philosopher, and utopian socialist. He founded the Putney, Oneida, and Wallingford Communities, and is credited with coining the term "complex marriage".
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Oneida Community

Religious commune in Oneida, New York (1848–1881)

The Oneida Community was a perfectionist religious communal society founded by John Humphrey Noyes and his followers in 1848 near Oneida, New York. The community believed that Jesus had already returned in AD 70, making it possible for them to bring about Jesus's millennial…
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