In 1869 six London families arrived in Nemaha County, Kansas, as the first colonists of the Workingmen s Cooperative Colony, later fancifully renamed Llewellyn Castle by a local writer. These early colonists were all members of Britain s National Reform League, founded by noted Chartist leader James Bronterre O Brien. As working-class radicals they were determined to find an alternative to the grinding poverty that exploitative liberal capitalism had inflicted on England s laboring poor. Located on 680 acres in northeastern Kansas, this collectivist colony jointly owned all the land and...
In 1869 six London families arrived in Nemaha County, Kansas, as the first colonists of the Workingmen s Cooperative Colony, later fancifully renam...