13 Facts About Icarians

1.

Icarians remained active in politics and was elected as a deputy to the lower chamber of the National Assembly in 1834.

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2.

Icarians decided upon the latter punishment and immediately went into exile in England.

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3.

Icarians found at all epochs the same phenomena: society sundered in twain; on one side a minority, cruel, idle, arrogant, usurping exclusive enjoyment of the products of a majority, passive, toiling, ignorant, who remained wholly destitute.

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4.

Nauvoo would become the first permanent Icarian Community, the Icarians immediately adopting the charter and structure described in Cabet's Voyage en Icarie.

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5.

Sundays were not what would be a typical religious Sunday; the Icarians practiced no religion, but there were days people voluntarily gathered in a fellowship called "Cours icarien" to discuss Cabet's writings and Christian morals and ethics.

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6.

In 1852, a lawsuit was filed in Paris against Cabet by a number of dissident former Icarians, who claimed their property was obtained by him by means of fraud.

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7.

Icarians moved to reestablish his own personal decision-making authority over the entire community, proposing in December 1855 to revise the constitution to provide for a powerful President elected to a four-year term.

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8.

Adjusting to a new area and new locals was difficult, but the Icarians adopted a constitution, a replica of the Nauvoo one, worked in the city, and enrolled their children into the local public schools.

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9.

In 1852, Icarians purchased land in Adams County, Iowa to form a new permanent settlement, and Icarians began settling southwest of Queen City in 1853.

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10.

In 1898, this last community of Icarians disbanded voluntarily; the members chose to integrate into the surrounding towns.

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11.

Icarians lived in communal dwellings of dormitories that shared central living and dining areas.

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12.

Icarians believed in a higher power and had a ten-section principle that briefly stated what they thought was needed in a perfect society.

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13.

Icarians celebrated Christmas, New Year's Day, and the Fete du Mais, a fall harvest corn festival similar to Thanksgiving.

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