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An abolitionist and a champion of free love and women’s rights would seem decidedly out of place in nineteenth-century Texas, but such a man was Stephen Pearl Andrews (1812–1886), American reformer, civil rights proponent, pioneer in sociology, advocate of reformed spelling, lawyer, and eccentric philosopher. Since his life mirrored and often anticipated the various reform movements spawned not only in Texas but in the United States in the nineteenth century, this first biography of him sharply reflects and elucidates his times. The extremely important role Andrews played in the abolition movement in this country has not heretofore been accorded him. After having witnessed slavery in Lou...
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This work evolved out of a public debate between Andrews and Greeley over their difference of opinion on the concept and legal framework of marriage.
Stephen Pearl Andrews was an American social reformer who developed his own unconventional theories about social organization in the mid-19th century. In this book, he outlines his ideas for a new system of society that is based on the principles of cooperation and individual liberty. Andrews envisions a society without government or centralized authority, where individuals work together in voluntary associations to produce and distribute goods and services. Although his ideas were never fully realized, they influenced later libertarian and socialist thinkers. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know i...