Wilford Woodruff records Brigham explaining a restriction on priesthood and temple blessings for any man having "one drop of the seed of Cane in him."
- Type
- Speech / Court Transcript
- Hearsay
- Scribed Verbatim
- Reference
Wilford Woodruff, Journal, January 16, 1852, MS 1352, Church History Library
- Audience
- Reading Public
- Transcription
Any man having one drop of the seed of Cane in him cannot hold the priesthoo[d] & if no other prophet ever spake it Before I will say it now in the name of Jesus Christ I know it is true & others know it the Negro cannot hold one part[icle] of Government But the day will come when all the seed of Cane will be Redeemed & have all the Blessings we have now & a great deal more But the seed of Abel will be ahead of the seed of Cane to all Etarnity.
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