Pratt notes role of perceived abolitionism in persecution.
Parley P. Pratt, History of the Late Persecutions (Detroit, MI: Dawson and Bates, 1839), 11, The Joseph Smith Papers website, accessed August 11, 2021
The statement concerning our invitation to them to become Mormons, and remove to this state, and settle among us, is a wicked fabrication, as no such thing was ever published in the Star, or any where else, by our people nor any thing in the shadow of it; and we challenge the people of Jackson, or any other people, to produce such a publication from us. In fact, one half dozen negroes or mulattoes, never have belonged to our Society, in any part of the world, from its first organization to this day, 1839.