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Harmony Society

The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition

Harmony Society religious society founded by German Separatists under the leadership of George Rapp. The Harmonists (or Rappites) held property in common and subscribed to the austere doctrines of their leader, including that of celibacy. In 1805 the society founded the village of Harmony, Pa., and developed it into a prosperous agricultural and industrial community. Led by Rapp, the Harmonists moved in 1814-15 to Indiana and founded another Harmony. They prospered there too, but in 1825 they sold their holdings to Robert Owen (see New Harmony ) and returned to Pennsylvania to create their... Read more

Harmony Society
Harmony Society, an outgrowth of a German pietist sect founded...Pennsylvania (1804), naming their settlement Harmony. The society moved to Indiana (1815–25) but returned...there were still four members in 1903. (See New Harmony .) Read more

Harmony Society
Harmony Society. A communist sect, founded in Württemberg by J. G. Rapp (1757–1847). The community settled in the USA; it was dissolved in 1905. Read more

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