Cabet
ÉTIENNE (kä-bā'), a French communist, born in Dijon, Jan. 2, 1788, and educated for the bar, but turned his attention to literature and politics. Under the Restoration he was one of the leaders of the Carbonari, and in 1831 was elected deputy for the department of Côte d'Or. Soon afterward he published a "History of the July Revolution" (1832), started a Radical Sunday of Côte d'Or. Soon afterward he pubaccount of an article in this paper was sentenced to two years' imprisonment, but escaped to London. After the amnesty, in 1839, he returned to Paris, and published a "History of the French Revution" (1840), bestowing great praise on the old Jacobins. He attracted far sentenced to two years' imprisonment, but escaped to London. After the am- nesty, in 1839, he returned to Paris, and published a "History of the French Rev- (1840), a "philosophical and social roce," describing a communistic Utomance, ng classes of pia. The work obtained great popularity among the working Paris. Cabet next proceeded to send an "Icarian colony" to the Red river in Texas, but the colonists who went out in 1848 found Texas anything but a Utopia.
Their ill fortune did not deter Cabet from embarking at the head of a second band of colonists. On his arrival he learned that the Mormons had just been expelled from Nauvoo, Ill., and that their city was left deserted. The Icarians established themselves there in 1850. Cabet's efforts, however, were not successful. He was finally obliged to leave from embarking at the head of a second band of colonists. On his arrival he learned that the Mormons had just been expelled from Nauvoo, Ill., and that died Nov. 9, 1856.