Cabet
É·tienne [ey-tyen], /eɪˈtyɛn/, 1788–1856, French socialist who established a utopian community in the U.S. (in Illinois) called Icaria: became U.S. citizen 1854.
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A generation later, a dashing French socialist named Etienne Cabet founded the Icarian Nation in Illinois.
The society soon became involved in a controversy in which Cabet's immediate following were outnumbered.
Our Foreigners | Samuel P. OrthThough educated for the bar, Cabet devoted himself to social and political reform.
Our Foreigners | Samuel P. OrthCabet thereupon framed a constitution and sought the means of founding a real Icaria.
Our Foreigners | Samuel P. OrthCabet, in Corsica, joined the radical anti-administration forces, and became a thorn in the side of the government.
Socialism | John Spargo
Besides all the advantages of having everything made ready to his hand, M. Cabet had a select company of colonists.
The Life of John Taylor | B. H. Roberts
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