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Bookmark or Share- Shakers - WikipediaThe United Society of Believers in Christ's Second Appearing, more commonly known as the Shakers, are a millenarian restorationist Christian sect founded c. 1747 in England and then organized in the United States in the 1780s.
- Shaker communities - WikipediaThe Shakers left England for the English colonies in North America in 1774. As they gained converts, the Shakers established numerous communities in the late-18th century through the entire 19th century.
- Who are the Shakers? - Enfield Shaker MuseumThe Shakers are a small Protestant religious denomination founded in Manchester, England in the mid-1700’s as a dissident group of the Society of Friends (Quakers).
- The Shakers: Origins, Beliefs, Influence - Learn ReligionsAn outgrowth of Quakerism, the Shakers were a celibate group of American millennialists. Shakers influenced religion, culture, music, and aesthetics.
- Shakers – A Utopian Community: Founded In U.S. 1776By 1850, there were nearly 4,000 Shakers, and over the last 200 years, over 20,000 Americans have spent at least a fraction of their lives as Shakers. However, by the 1860s, Shakerism began to decline as the Spiritualist Movement took hold of many communities.
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