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In 1818 there was founded at Frederik's Oord in Holland the first of a series of Labour Colonies for providing work for the unemployed. Owen himself repeatedly, in the course of his later life, claimed that the foundation of these Dutch colonies was directly due to his teaching; and his claim has been endorsed by Holyoake and others. I cannot find any Justification for the claim. In most of the contemporary references which Ihave come across to these colonies, no mention is made of Owen (see especially Quarterly Review, November, Moreover, though the Dutch scheme had a general resemblance to Owen's, and in one Of the colonies at least the residents were housed in a quadrangle, the aim and methods diverged widely: the Dutch scheme was individualistic. (see Porter, Progress of tlze Nation p. 116; also An Account of tile Poor Colonies of Holland. Edinburgh, The writer, however, Of the article Owen in Palgrave's Dictionary of Political Economy favours Owen's claim to have had a share in initiating these Dutch Labour Colonies, and refers to an article in Leigh Hunt's Examiner of April 2 5, 1819, which endorses the claim.
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In 1818 there was founded at Frederik's Oord in Holland the first of a series of Labour Colonies for providing work for the unemployed. Owen himself repeatedly, in the course of his later life, claimed that the foundation of these Dutch colonies was directly due to his teaching; and his claim has been endorsed by Holyoake and others. I cannot find any Justification for the claim. In most of the contemporary references which Ihave come across to these colonies, no mention is made of Owen (see especially Quarterly Review, November, Moreover, though the Dutch scheme had a general resemblance to Owen's, and in one Of the colonies at least the residents were housed in a quadrangle, the aim and methods diverged widely: the Dutch scheme was individualistic. (see Porter, Progress of tlze Nation p. 116; also An Account of tile Poor Colonies of Holland. Edinburgh, The writer, however, Of the article Owen in Palgrave's Dictionary of Political Economy favours Owen's claim to have had a share in initiating these Dutch Labour Colonies, and refers to an article in Leigh Hunt's Examiner of April 2 5, 1819, which endorses the claim.
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