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| Born | (1812-03-22)March 22, 1812 Templeton, Massachusetts, U.S. |
| Died | May 21, 1886(1886-05-21) (aged 74) New York City, U.S. |
| Occupation(s) | Activist, journalist, philosopher, writer |
| Known for | American individualist anarchist and outspokenabolitionist |
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Stephen Pearl Andrews (March 22, 1812 – May 21, 1886) was an Americanlibertarian socialist,individualist anarchist,linguist,political philosopher, and outspokenabolitionist.[1]
Andrews was born on March 22, 1812 in Templeton, Massachusetts.[1][2] His father, Elisha Andrews, was a Baptist clergyman and revivalist.[1][2] He graduated from the Classics department at Amherst College.[3] He studied law and was admitted to the state bar in 1833.[3] He moved to New Orleans where he became a wealthy lawyer and slaveowner.[1] He was converted by abolitionism and became an abolitionist leader.[1]
He moved to Houston, Texas in 1839.[3] He was a prominent advocate for abolitionism in the Republic of Texas and an active member of theLiberty Party.[1] Andrews was mobbed for his abolitionist rhetoric in Texas, prompting him to leave the state in 1843 for England.[3] In England, he sought funds to buy slaves in the United States in order to free them.[2]
By the end of the 1840s, Andrews began to focus his energies on utopian communities. Fellowindividualist anarchistJosiah Warren was responsible for Andrew's conversion to radical individualism and in 1851 they establishedModern Times inBrentwood, New York. He was elected an Associate Fellow of theAmerican Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1846.[4] In 1857, Andrews established the Unitary Homes on East 14 St. and Stuyvesant St. in New York City.[5]
Andrews was a supporter of thewoman suffrage movement.[3]
In the 1870s, Andrews promotedJoseph Rodes Buchanan'spsychometry besides his own universology predicting thata priori derived knowledge would supersede empirical science as exact science.[6] Andrews was also considered a leader in the religious movement ofspiritualism.[2]Anarcho-syndicalistRudolf Rocker called Andrews a significant exponent oflibertarian socialism in the United States.[7]
Andrews' individualist anarchism is a form ofeconomic mutualism.[8]
In 1835, he married Mary Ann Gordon, with whom he had four children.[3] He died at the residence of his son in New York City on May 21, 1886.[2]
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