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Oneida Community - Wikipedia (en.wikipedia.org)

submitted 2 days ago by Cheradenine@sh.itjust.works to c/wikipedia@lemmy.world

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The Oneida Community was a perfectionist religious communal society founded by John Humphrey Noyes and his followers in 1848 near Oneida, New York.

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[–] bungalowtill@lemmy.dbzer0.com 8 points 2 days ago (3 children)

The Oneida Community dissolved in 1881, converting itself to a joint-stock company. This eventually became the silverware company Oneida Limited, one of the largest in the world.

Kinda unexpected end

[–] Cheradenine@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 days ago

Yeah, that was very surprising. We had that stuff growing up and it was in a few restaurants I worked in.

Weird religious group, invents a new kind of leg hold trap, lets women have autonomy (mostly), pioneers Edging, promotes eugenics, becomes the largest cutlery company in the u.s.

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