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Episode 384: Mormonism Part V - King of Beaver Island

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Brigham Young and the Mormon Church

By the time of Joseph Smith's death, Brigham Young had four plural wives. There were some in the church who figured Joseph Smith's murder was the perfect time to do away with polygamy completely. But Brigham Young was not one of those people, and the church splintered because of it.

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