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Adin Ballou
American minister (–)
Adin Ballou (April 23, – August 5, ) was an American proponent of Christian nonresistance, Christian anarchism, and Christian socialism. He was also an abolitionist and the founder of the Hopedale Community.
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 Adin Ballou married Abigail Sayles.[3] Abigail Ballou died in early , soon after the b