Willard Richards records in Joseph's journal that Joseph described Black people as "sons of Cain."
- Type
- Personal Journal / Diary
- Hearsay
- Scribed VerbatimDirect
- Reference
Joseph Smith, Jr., Journal, January 25, 1842, The Joseph Smith Papers website, accessed August 11, 2021
- Audience
- N/A
- Transcription
Tuesday 25 Signed the deeds for Bro Law's. transacted a variety of Business in teh city and office, sent a messenger To Bro John Ben's to inform them. he could not visit them. in the evening debated with J. C. Bennet [John C. Bennett]. & others, to shew that the Indians have greater cause to complain of the treatment of the whites than the Negroes or Sons of Cain.
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- https://www.josephsmithpapers.org/paper-summary/journal-december-1841-december-1842/14#facts
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