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Brigham Young on Race

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Brigham Young on Race

Brigham Young, the second President of the LDS Church, made numerous comments regarding blacks and other racial issues in his speeches and sermons. The following is a list of these articles with links to the texts of each one.

Brigham Young: Slavery Because of the Curse of Cain (5 January 1852)

Brigham Young: We Must Believe in Slavery (23 January 1852)

Brigham Young: It Will Take Time to Remove the Curse (1852)

Brigham Young: I’d Rather Preach to the Devil than to the Jews (3 Dec. 1854)

Brigham Young: Later Comments on Race (1855-1871)