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English
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Brigham Young, African Americans, and Plural Marriage : Schism and the Beginnings of Black Priesthood and Temple Denial
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The Persistence of Polygamy : From Joseph Smith's Martyrdom to the First Manifesto, 1844-1890
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Independence, MO
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John Whitmer Books
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48-86
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This article asserts that Brigham Young's fateful decision to deny African Americans access to both the priesthood and sacred temple ordinances was intertwined with ongoing schism within Mormonism, combined with Young's deep-seated disdain for chapter intermixture, further prompted by the concurrent expansion of plural marriage.