BY says Black Americans will have rights in Utah.

Date
Jan 16, 1852
Type
Speech / Court Transcript
Source
Brigham Young
LDS
Hearsay
Scribed Verbatim
Reference

Wilford Woodruff Journal, January 16, 1852, MS 1352, CHL

Scribe/Publisher
Wilford Woodruff
People
Brigham Young, Wilford Woodruff
Audience
Utah Territorial Legislature
Transcription

any man is a citizens Black White or Red and if the Jews come here with a part of it Canaaniaite blood in them they are citizens & shall have their rights but not to rule for me or my Brethren. . . . The Canaanite cannot have wisdom to do things as the white man has. I am not going to let this people damn themselves as long as I can help it.

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