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In 1847, former slave [67]: 100 and Mormon convert William McCary drew the ire of Brigham Young and others in Nauvoo for his marriage to a White woman, Lucy Stanton, and his later alleged mixed-race polygamous sealings to additional White women without church authorization.
Smith and Young taught that Black people had the curse of Ham [26] [27] and the curse of Cain. [28] [7]: 256 [29] Teachings about the curse of Cain, the curse of Ham, and their relation to Black people have changed during the church's history. Joseph Smith and Brigham Young called the curse of Ham a justification for Black enslavement.
Under the racial restrictions that lasted from the presidency of Brigham Young until 1978, people with any Black African ancestry could not hold the priesthood in the LDS Church and could not participate in most temple ordinances, including the endowment and celestial marriage.
Brigham Young (/ ˈ b r ɪ ɡ əm / BRIG-əm; June 1, 1801 – August 29, 1877) [4] was an American religious leader and politician. He was the second president of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) from 1847 until his death in 1877.
Young, Brigham (1865). Watt, G.D.; Long, J.V. (eds.). "The Persecutions of the Saints—Their Loyalty to the Constitution—The Mormon Battalion—The Laws of God Relative to the African Race". Journal of Discourses Delivered by President Brigham Young, His Two Counsellors, and the Twelve Apostles, and Others. 10. Liverpool: Daniel H. Wells ...
Brigham Young is played by actor Kim Coates in Netflix's American Primeval.. The 66-year-old character actor dove head first into the role, according to an interview with Netflix's Tudum, reading ...
Church leaders supported segregation at Brigham Young University (BYU). Apostle Harold B. Lee protested an African student who was given a scholarship, believing it was dangerous to allow Black students on BYU's campus.
The main body of the church, which would become the LDS Church, followed Brigham Young who was significantly more pro-slavery than Smith. Young led the Mormons to Utah and formed a theocratic government, under which slavery was legalized and the trafficking of enslaved Native American individuals was supported.