Adin ballou biography of george

          Ballou was born on April 23, , on a small farm in Cumberland, Rhode Island....

          Adin Ballou

          American minister (1803–1890)

          Adin Ballou (April 23, 1803 – August 5, 1890) was an American proponent of Christian nonresistance, Christian anarchism, and Christian socialism.

          He was also an abolitionist and the founder of the Hopedale Community.

          Adin was born to Ariel and Edilda Ballou on a farm in Cumberland, Rhode Island.

        1. George's middle name, “Adin”, was in honor of his illustrious ancestor, Adin Ballou, who was a passionate anti-slavery advocate in the s and.
        2. Ballou was born on April 23, , on a small farm in Cumberland, Rhode Island.
        3. Another death which affected him [evidently referring to himself, Adin Ballou] most sensibly was that of Mr. George Draper, a sometime member of the Community.
        4. Born in in Cumberland, Rhode Island, George C. Ballou was the younger brother of Woonsocket textile pioneer Dexter Ballou.

          5. Through his long career as a Universalist and Unitarian minister, he tirelessly advocated for the immediate abolition of slavery and the principles of Christian anarcho-socialism, and promoted the nonviolent theory of praxis (or moral suasion) in his prolific writings.

          Life and works

          Ballou was born on a small farm in Cumberland, Rhode Island.[1] Ballou's father was a farmer, and while Ballou craved a school and college education, his father didn't have the means to send him.

          At the time of the Christian 'reformation' sweeping through northern Rhode Island, his father became a deacon within the community.[2]

          In early 1822 Adin Ballou married Abigail Sayles.[3] Abigail Ballou died in ea