The interim managers of Nashoba instigated the concept of free love within the commune.

In practice, it was interracial, but far from egalitarian.

As rumors spread of interracial marriage, the Commune encountered increasing financial difficulty, eventually leading to its collapse in 1828.

Before Nashoba failed, Wright was returning by ship to America.

On her journey, she wrote “Explanatory Notes Respecting the Nature and Objects of the Institution of Nashoba, and of the Principles upon which it is Founded.”

he elaborated on a notion of Nashoba as an interracial and egalitarian utopia.

Her plan outlined in “Explanatory Notes” was never put into effect, however; Nashoba had already failed when Wright arrived back in the United States.

Wright personally charters a ship and delivers the remaining slaves of Nashoba to Haiti, where she emancipates them.

Despite the failure of Nashoba, it provides an example of working utopian theory.

Wright has progressive ideas of liberty and equality for her time, but the burden of leadership and financial hardship prove too much for the community.