Shakers

This article is about the Shakers, a religious denomination. For other uses of the term shakers or shaker, see Shakers (disambiguation).

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The Shakers are an offshoot of the Religious Society of Friends (or Quakers) that originated in Manchester, England in the early 18th century. Strict believers in celibacy, Shakers maintained their numbers through conversion and adoption. Once boasting thousands of adherents, today the Shakers number only a handful of people living in Maine.

Related Topics:
Offshoot - Religious Society of Friends - Manchester, England - 18th century - Celibacy - Conversion - Adoption - Maine

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The Shakers of New England should not be confused with the religion of the Indian Shakers of the Pacific Northwest of North America.

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