- Raritan Bay Union
The Raritan Bay Union was a
utopian community inPerth Amboy, New Jersey from 1853 to 1860.It was started by
Marcus Spring and Rebecca Buffum (1812-1911). Maud Honeyman Green writes: "The Union established a progressive boarding school that was a pioneer in co-education. Girl students were encouraged to speak in public, engage in sports, and act in plays, activities that were frowned upon in other schools. AbolitionistsAngelina Grimké andSarah Grimké were teachers in the school which was run by Angelina’s husband,Theodore Weld . Several other noted reformers came to teach and lecture at the school. The Welds’ school operated until about 1861, but it isn’t known how long the Union itself endured."ee also
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North American Phalanx Archive
* [http://www.jerseyhistory.org/findingaid.php?aid=0285 NJHS: Raritan Bay Union and Eagleswood Military Academy Papers, 1809-1923]
References
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New York Times ; August 22, 1874;
*Richard C. S. Trahair; Utopias and Utopians: An Historical Dictionary ISBN 0313294658
*Maud Honeyman Green, "Raritan Bay Union, Eagleswood, New Jersey," Proceedings of the New Jersey Historical Society, Vol. 68, No. 1 ( January, 1950)
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