Joseph says Black people should be sent to Texas and Mexico "where all colors are alike."

Date
Mar 7, 1844
Type
Speech / Court Transcript
Source
Joseph Smith, Jr.
LDS
Hearsay
Scribed Verbatim
Reference

Joseph Smith, Discourse, March 7, 1844, The Joseph Smith Papers website, accessed May 13, 2021

Scribe/Publisher
Willard Richards
People
Joseph Smith, Jr., Willard Richards
Audience
Reading Public
Transcription

South hold the balanc[e] of power &c— by annexing Texas.— I can do away this evil— liberate 2 or 3 states. & if that was not suffic[ie]nt. call in Canida—— Send the negroes to Texas. fr[o]m Texas to mexico— where all colors are alike

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