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"You Nasty Apostates, Clear Out" : Reasons for Disaffection in the Late 1850s
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Journal of Mormon History
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Fall 2004
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30
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no.2
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Salt Lake City, UT
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Mormon History Association
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129-207
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[2005 Mormon Historical Association Winner for Article Award of Excellence]
This paper focuses on why some Mormon settlers abandoned their religion and homes in Utah in 1856 through 1859 to move on once more. Aird selects seven men as representative of those who left: Charles Derry, Stephen Forsdick, Frederic Gardiner, John Hyde Jr., Frederick Loba, Peter McAuslan, and Thomas Poulter. She then examines where each of them went, barriers to leaving, and reasons for wanting to leave. Many disaffected Mormons returned to Nauvoo to join the Reorganized Church, others returned to relatives on the east coast, and many even continued on further west to different areas of California. Many found barriers that hindered them from leaving, such as fear of retribution from Church leaders, inability to purchase necessary travel supplies, unpaid debts to the Church or other members, and even the Law of Consecration. Aird also explains the various reasons why many wanted to leave. Many were simply seeking a better life. Poverty and hunger was rampant in the Territory and many chose to move on to milder climates and more fertile farmland. Many arrived in the Territory and became disallusioned with the "Zion" that had been described to them, others had issues with polygamy, the fanaticism of the Reformation, the Mountain Meadows Massacre, or conflicts with Church leaders. Aird concludes by giving a detailed explanation of the Parrish-Potter murders, the murder of three men that tried to leave the Territory, and the text of a letter written by Peter McAuslan to Robert Salmon explaining why he believed the Parrishes were killed because they were considered apostates.
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