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021 How the Priesthood-Temple Ban Became Fully Entrenched Policy in the Church

Church History Matters

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The Origins of the Priesthood and Temple Ban on Black Africans

The origins of the priesthood temple ban on black Africans can be traced back to 1852. Brigham Young argued that Utah should become a slave territory. William McCarry started his own polygamism by marrying white women outside church quarters. The son of Q Walker Lewis, actually he had married a white woman and they had a baby together.

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