Willard Richards records in Joseph's journal that Joseph described Black people as "sons of Cain."

Date
Jan 25, 1842
Type
Personal Journal / Diary
Source
Joseph Smith, Jr.
LDS
Hearsay
Scribed Verbatim
Direct
Reference

Joseph Smith, Jr., Journal, January 25, 1842, The Joseph Smith Papers website, accessed August 11, 2021

Scribe/Publisher
Willard Richards
People
John C. Bennett, Joseph Smith, Jr., Willard Richards
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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