THE LOSS OF RELIGIOUS ALLEGIANCE AMONG THE YOUTH OF THE ONEIDA COMMUNITY.

From: The Historian | Date: June 22, 2001| Author: ROACH, MONIQUE PATENAUDE | Copyright information

"It's coming; it's bound to come; we are going to have a terrible smash up. Wait and see, Orrin Wright said ominously in 1879.(1) It was during this year that open rebellion and dissatisfaction within the Oneida Community, a unique religious commune in upstate New York, became too blatant to ignore. "It is simply fearful" Frank Wayland-Smith agreed. "One is lied about incessantly. It is hard to believe that we can ever be united again"(2) Such turmoil was a stark contrast to the de...

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