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Brigham Young: Blacks Should be Used Like Servants

Posted in February, Racism in the Mormon Church, Racist Remarks by Leaders in the Church, Witnessing Tip of the Day, tagged , , , on 02/09/2026| 3 Comments »

February 9 — Journal of Discourses 2:184 “The seed of Ham, which is the seed of Cain descending through Ham, will, according to the curse put upon him, serve his brethren, and be a “servant of servants” to his fellow-creatures, until God removes the curse…The conduct of the whites towards the slaves will…send both slave and master to hell…The blacks should be used like servants, and not like brutes, but they must serve. It is their privilege to live so as to enjoy many of the blessings which attend obedience to the first principles of the Gospel…” – Brigham Young, Salt Lake City, February 18, 1855 (more…)

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Racist Remarks by Brigham Young

Posted in Racism in the Mormon Church, Racist Remarks by Leaders in the Church, tagged , , , , , on 02/09/2012| 3 Comments »

Blacks are the Seed of Cain, Slaves

Journal of Discourses 2:184; “The seed of Ham, which is the seed of Cain descending through Ham, will, according to the curse put upon him, serve his brethren, and be a “servant of servants” to his fellow-creatures, until God removes the curse…The conduct of the whites towards the slaves will…send both slave and master to hell…The blacks should be used like servants, and not like brutes, but they must serve. It is their privilege to live so as to enjoy many of the blessings which attend obedience to the first principles of the Gospel…” – Brigham Young, Salt Lake City, February 18, 1855

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