Equality Colony
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Equality Colony was a United States socialist colony founded in Skagit County, Washington by the socialist Brotherhood of the Cooperative Commonwealth in 1897. It was meant to serve as a model that wo
Logo of the Brotherhood of the Cooperative Commonwealth, the entity behind Equality Colony in Washington state
The Equality Colony, circa 1900
Nameplate of Industrial Freedom, newspaper of the Equality Colony published at Edison, Washington from 1898 through 1902
Logo of Equality Colony, 1898
Freeland, Washington
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Freeland is an unincorporated community and census-designated place on Whidbey Island in Island County, Washington, United States. At the time of the 2020 census the population was 2,252. The town rec
Equality Colony
…the colony's children. In 1900 and 1901 some colonists left Equality to found a new community on Whidbey Island called the Free Land Association, or Freeland. This colony should not be confused with Equality in its later stages which was sometimes referred to as Freeland Colony. In autumn 1904 the colony was…
Freeland Hall community meeting space, built 1914