This Abominable Slavery: Race, Religion, and the Battle Over Human Bondage in Antebellum Utah
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On July 22, 1847, a group of about forty refugees entered the Salt Lake Valley. Among them were three enslaved men, two of whom shared the religion, Mormonism, that had caused them to flee. The valley was also home to members of the Ute tribe, who would sometimes barter captive women and children to Spanish colonizers. Thus, the question of whether the Latter-day Saints would accept or reject slavery in their new Zion confronted them on the day they...
Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:0197765025
ISBN13:9780197765029
Release Date:October 2024
Publisher:Oxford University Press
Length:312 Pages
Weight:1.30 lbs.
Dimensions:1.0" x 6.2" x 8.9"
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