Table of Contents
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The Trial of Don Pedro Leon Lujan
The documents in this chapter relate to the Luján trial and its intersections with the legislative session and correspond to the narrative history in Chapter 4 of This Abominable Slavery.
- 1.1 Excerpt from the journal of George A. Smith President of the Iron County Mission, Commenced December 7th 1850
- 1.2 a-d Excerpts from First District Court, Minute Book, 1851-1896, Don Pedro León Luján trading trial
- 1.3 Excerpt from Governor's Message, January 5, 1852
- 1.4 a-f Excerpts from First District Court, Minute Book, 1851-1896, Don Pedro León Luján libel trial
- 1.5 Excerpt from the Deseret News, Associate Justice Zerubbabel Snow renders his decision in the Lujan Trial
- 1.6 Excerpts from Correspondence, John Greiner, May 19, 1852
An Act for the Further Relief of Indian Slaves and Prisoners
The documents contained here correspond with the narrative history in Chapter 5 of This Abominable Slavery.
- 2.1 Debate over an Act for the Relief of Indian Slaves and Prisoners
- 2.2 Utah Territorial Legislature Bill, A Preamble and an Act for the Further Relief of Indian Slaves and Prisoners
An Act in Relation to Service
The documents contained here correspond with the narrative history in Chapter 6 of This Abominable Slavery.
- 3.1 Brigham Young speaks on slavery and for the first time publicly articulates a racial priesthood restriction, January 23, 1852
- 3.2 Orson Pratt, Orson Spencer, and Brigham Young debate "An Act in Relation to Service," January 27, 1852
- 3.3 Utah Territorial Legislature Bill, A Comparison of an early draft and the final version of "An Act In Relation To Service."
- 3.4 Excerpt from the Deseret News, Brigham Young gives his assessment of the servant code in an end of year message
Race and Election Law
The documents contained here correspond with the narrative history in Chapter 7 of This Abominable Slavery.
- 4.1 Brigham Young articulates authority over legislature, February 4, 1852
- 4.2 Brigham Young articulates a racial priesthood restriction, February 5 1852
Implications
The documents contained here correspond with the narrative history in Chapter 8 of This Abominable Slavery.
- 5.1 Edwin D. Woolley Affidavit
- 5.2 Bill of sale, Margaret Thompson McMeans and Abraham O. Smoot sell an enslaved woman named Lucinda to Thomas S. Williams for $400.00 in Utah Territory
- 5.3 a-g Estate Settlement, David Lewis and two "Indian boys" and an effort to sell an enslaved man named Jerry
- 5.4 a-b Indentures of two Native American children to Latter-day Saint families
Slavery, Priesthood Denial, and Brigham Young versus Orson Pratt
The documents contained here correspond with the narrative history in Chapter 9 of This Abominable Slavery.
- 6.1 a-e Excerpts from Newspapers, Latter-day Saint leaders discuss the racial priesthood restriction
- 6.2 a-c Delegates to the 1856 Utah Constitutional Convention debate whether Utah will apply as a slave or free state. Orson Pratt delivers an anti-slavery speech, March 22, 1856
- 6.3 Excerpt from New York Herald, Horace Greeley interviews Brigham Young on slavery
Utah's Juneteenth
The documents contained here correspond with the narrative history in Chapter 10 of This Abominable Slavery.