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English
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Mormon Disavowal of Plural Marriage
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American West (1836-1900)
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Ipswich, MA
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Salem Press, a division of EBSCO Information Services ; Grey House Publishing
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92-98
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This 1890 manifesto, written by Wilford Woodruff, the president of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, denied that polygamy was being practiced by members of his church. He argued against accusations that the church was recognizing plural marriages. In this manifesto, Woodruff declares his intentions to lead his church's members to follow anti-polygamy laws and to refuse to teach church doctrine that may have subscribed to plural marriage. The practice of polygamy by members of the Mormon Church stood in the way of Utah's efforts to become a state. Woodruff's denunciation of plural marriage within the Mormon Church and his successor Lorenzo Snow's subsequent affirmation of the manifesto were crucial in the United States' decision to adopt Utah as a state in 1896. [Summary Overview]