John Taylor chides Latter-day Saints for dishonesty that he believes is typical to Black people.

Date
Feb 19, 1860
Type
Speech / Court Transcript
Source
John Taylor
LDS
Hearsay
Scribed Verbatim
Reference

John Taylor, "Man," Journal of Discourses, 26 vols. (Liverpool: George Q. Cannon, 1861), 8:6

Scribe/Publisher
George D. Watt
People
John Taylor
Audience
Latter-day Saints
Transcription

Some of us are learning to swear almost as good as some of the Gentiles. Some of us are learning to get drunk almost as good as they can. I do not think that will benefit us very much. Some of us are learning to cheat and defraud our neighbors, and some are learning to steal. There is nothing smart about all this. A negro, a Hottentot, or an Indian can do that.

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