In 1828, when Nashoba was rapidly declining, the "New-Harmony Gazette" published Wright's explanation and defense of the commune, as well as her views on the principles of "human liberty and equality." In January 1830, Wright chartered a ship and accompanied the community's thirty slaves to Haiti, which had achieved independence in 1804, so that they could live their lives as free men and women. The failed experiment cost Wright about US$16,000. Germantown, Tennessee, a present-day suburb of Memphis, was established on the land where Nashoba once stood.