Joseph enforces Illinois anti-miscegenation law in Nauvoo.
- Type
- Personal Journal / Diary
- Hearsay
- DirectScribed Summary
- Reference
Journal entry for February 8, 1844, December 1842–June 1844; Book 3, 15 July 1843–29 February 1844, p. 259, The Joseph Smith Papers, accessed July 21, 2025
- Audience
- Nauvoo City Council
- Transcription
Thursday Feb 8. 1844
cou[r]t. trial on 2 negroes trying to marry wh[i]te wom[e]n fined 1— $25,00. & 1 $5.00
even[in]g had a polit[i]cal meeting in the assembly room & B[r]o [William W.] Phelps publicly read my views of the gen[eral] Govemet [government] for the first time— Elders [Orson] Hyde & [John] Taylor made a spe[e]ch— & my[s]elf also
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