Joseph Smith:

They have souls, and are subjects of salvation. Go into Cincinnati or any city, and find an educated negro, who rides in his carriage, and you will see a man who has risen by the powers of his own mind to his exalted state of respectability.

— Joseph Smith Modern

Founder of Mormonism

Context

Discourse, Nauvoo, Illinois

Date / Period

1841

Source

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Smith%27s_views_on_Black_people

Verification

Unverifiable

Explanation

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Method

Cross Reference

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