Meaning of La Réunion | Babel Free

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A utopian socialist community formed in 1855 by primarily French, Belgian, and Swiss colonists on the south bank of the Trinity River in central Dallas County, Texas, United States.

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“The 15 days will count during the voyage from La Réunion to Maurice and back to La Réunion, as well as during the time not at anchor, and on the voyage from one roadstead to another of La Réunion.”

“In Nantes, the refining of sugar was boosted by the trade with La Réunion, mainly during two decades (1840–64), before encountering real difficulties.”

“Two species are described as new: Cyerce bourbonica sp. n. from La Réunion and Doriopsilla nigrocera sp. n. from the Persian Gulf coast of Saudi Arabia. Chromodoris cavae is removed from its synonymy with C. tennentana and redescribed from specimens from La Réunion, while several new synonyms are proposed for some commonly occurring species.”

“Newspapers such as the Dallas Herald, the Galveston News, and the Austin Texas State Gazette and Texas State Times attacked La Réunion as a colony of foreign atheists and Communists.”

“His [Jean-Baptiste André Godin’s] first practical involvement in these socialist-inspired attempts to create different forms of communities came in 1855 when he helped finance La Réunion in Texas, one of the model communities in the United States.”

“In 1848 Gouhenant led a group of sixty-two men to settle on Peters Company land in Denton County, Texas, some twenty-five miles northwest of the later La Réunion.”

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