BOM text frequently used to describe "dark-skinned" people by some interpreters.

Date
1830
Type
Book
Source
Nephi
Hearsay
Scribed Verbatim
Translation
3rd Hand
Late
Reference

The Book of Mormon: An Account Written by the Hand of Mormon, upon Plates Taken from the Plates of Nephi (Palmyra, NY: Joseph Smith Jr., 1830), 28, The Joseph Smith Papers website, accessed August 11, 2021

Scribe/Publisher
Joseph Smith, Jr., Oliver Cowdery
People
Joseph Smith, Jr., Nephi
Audience
Reading Public
Transcription

And it came to pass that I beheld that after they had dwindled in unbelief, they became a dark, and loathsome, and a filthy people, full of idleness and all manner of abominations.

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