Item Detail
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9074
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7
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4
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English
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American Philanthropy and Mormon Refugees, 1846-1849
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Journal of Mormon History
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1980
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7
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Salt Lake City, UT
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Mormon History Association
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63-81
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While Mormon literature focuses upon persecutions, an untold story remains of American altruism during the years of their exodus. Summary: 'The campaign to help the distressed Mormons is a case study of a humanitarian effort prior to the rise of large foundations and government tax laws that later encouraged philanthropy. Recognizing that almost everything depended on public opinion, the Mormon solicitors and their friends sought to enlist the aid of the opinion shapers of the day--mayors, clergymen, newspaper editors--and were partially successful in doing so. Public opinion, at least in the later 1840's, was not as overwhelmingly anti-Mormon as it has sometimes been portrayed. Many agreed that the Mormons had been wronged and were deserving of whatever charity the community at large could muster. Throughout it all, however, it is clear that sympathy for the Mormons did not mean real respect for their religion. And in the long run there were limits to what the most conscientious efforts in the private sector could accomplish.' (p. 81)
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