John W. Gunnison reports that slavery is recognized "by custom" in Utah.
- Type
- Book
- Source
- John W. Gunnison Non-LDS
- Hearsay
- Direct
- Reference
John Gunnison, The Mormons (New York: John W. Lovell Company, 1852), 143
- Scribe/Publisher
- John W. Lovell Company
- People
- John W. Gunnison
- Audience
- Reading Public
- Transcription
Involuntary labor by negroes is recognised by custom ; those holding slaves, keep them as part of their family, as they would wives, without any law on the subject. Negro caste springs naturally from their doctrine of blacks being ineligible to the priesthood.
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