Utah Indians and the Indian Slave Trade: The Mormon Adoption Program and its Effect on the Indian Slaves

This thesis is a study of the Mormon adoption program developed by the Mormons in response to the Indian slave trade in Utah, 1850-1880. It focuses on the Mormon justifications, as enumerated by Brigham Young, for the adoption policy and it links those justifications to expected results. Further thi...

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Main Author: Muhlestein, Robert M.
Format: Others
Published: BYU ScholarsArchive 1991
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Online Access:https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/etd/4968
https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=5967&context=etd
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Summary:This thesis is a study of the Mormon adoption program developed by the Mormons in response to the Indian slave trade in Utah, 1850-1880. It focuses on the Mormon justifications, as enumerated by Brigham Young, for the adoption policy and it links those justifications to expected results. Further this thesis compares the Mormon's expected results with the actual results of the adoption program through an analysis of historical accounts and Mormon ordinance records.