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New Harmony, Indiana

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EstablishedRobert Owen bought the town of Harmony, Indiana, from the Harmony Society in 1825 and renamed it New Harmony to found a community of equality.EstablishedThe community adopted a preliminary constitution (May 1825) and a Community of Equality constitution (February 1826), split into several societies, and was regarded as failed by March 1827.DisputedExplanations for the failure conflict: Robert Dale Owen blamed unselected members and equal pay for unequal work, Josiah Warren blamed the absence of individual sovereignty and private property, and historians add Owen's religious controversies.EstablishedWilliam Maclure's educators and scientists, who arrived in 1826, made New Harmony a centre of science and education; schools open to boys and girls and a library were established.