Brigham says that, as a prophet, he knows Black people are the children of Cain and "cannot bear rule in the priesthood."
- Type
- Speech / Court Transcript
- Hearsay
- Scribed Verbatim
- Reference
Brigham Young, Speech, February 5, 1852, Church History Library
- Scribe/Publisher
- George D. Watt
- Audience
- Latter-day Saints
- Transcription
If there never was a prophet or apostle of Jesus Christ spoke it before, I tell you, this people that are commonly called Negroes are <the> children of old Cain. I know they are. I know that they cannot bear rule in the priesthood.
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