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Polygamy -- Utah -- History

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

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Joseph Smith Black autobiography

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Identifier: MSS 742
Scope and Contents

Handwritten autobiography. Black wrote this account when he was in the Utah Penitentiary for polygamy. The autobiography starts in the year 1877 when Black was living in Deseret, Utah. He writes about his life in Deseret, his avoidance of federal officials while resisting arrest for polygamy, and his subsequent incarceration in prison.

Dates: 1889-1890
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Joseph Smith Black autobiography

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