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Seventy-five years before the emancipation of the slaves and one hundred fifty years before women began voting in America, the Shakers were practicing social, sexual, economic, and spiritual...
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FIRST – Read the Principles and Beliefs of the Shakers in their own words (2021) A statement and an invitation from the Shakers at Sabbathday Lake, Maine.
The Shaker Manifesto (1871-1899) The Shakers published The Shaker Manifestoas their official monthly periodical from 1871 to 1899. Every Shaker community contributed “Home Notes”; Shaker authors co...
A Shaker Village, by William Dean Howells (1876) In 1875, Howells and his family regularly attended Sunday Meetings at the Shirley, MA Shaker community.
A Concise History of the United Society of Believers Called Shakers, by Charles E. Robinson (1893) Approved and later republished by the Shakers who appreciated the honesty and sympathy of the auth...
Enfield Shaker Portraits A comprehensive collection of cartes de visiteof the Enfield, New Hampshire Shakers.
Search back issues of the “American Communal Societies Quarterly” Search “Shaker”; there are 309 results, with downloadable articles pertaining to all the Shaker communities.
The Shaker Legacy: A Short Film. This documentary explores the design, cultural, and spiritual legacy of of the Shakers. Youtube video filmed in 2022.
By 1920, only 12 Shaker communities existed, most of which were in the Northeast, and even they were holding on to very little life. Today, just one Shaker community exists in a town called Lake Sabbathday Shaker Village, Maine.
- James R. Coffey
Founded in 1787, Mount Lebanon was the first official community organized by the Shakers and was the leader in administrative and spiritual matters for all the Shaker communities that emerged throughout New England and south and west into Kentucky, Ohio, and Florida.
Jan 9, 2024 · As of 2021, only three Shakers remain in Sabbathday Lake, Maine, the last active Shaker community in the country. In 1834, Rufus Bishop and Isaac N. Youngs set out from the Mount Lebanon Shaker Society in New Lebanon, New York to tour Shaker communities in Ohio and Kentucky.
Mar 26, 2018 · It was brought to the United States by Mother Ann Lee in 1774. They eventually founded 19 communities within the country, though only the Sabbathday Shaker Community in Maine exists today. Explore more.
Jan 23, 2023 · Lee and a small group of followers emigrated to the United States in 1774 and established the first Shaker community in Watervliet, New York, in 1776.
