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   Fancher party's and Mormons' backgrounds and the Mountain Meadows massacre

   Brigham Young led the majority of Mormons westward in 1846 to avoid civil war.
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   Blood atonement

   When Brigham Young led the Saints from Nauvoo, Illinois to the Salt Lake valley beginning in the mid-1840s, he and his followers intended to establish a theocracy independent of the United States, where there would be no distinction between church and state. ... In modern times, the concept of "blood atonement" has been used by a number of fundamentalist splinter groups as an excuse to justify murdering those who disagree with their leaders or those who attempt to leave their church.
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   Brigham Young

   “While brother Joseph was referring to the provinces of God, I was led to reflect that there is no act, no principle, no power belonging to the Deity that is purely philosophical. ... ↑ "Brigham Young Biography".
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   Utah

   Brigham Young led the first Mormon pioneers to the Great Salt Lake Valley.
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   History of Salt Lake City

   Brigham Young led the Saints west after the death of their church founder, Joseph Smith, Jr.
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   Lyman Wight

   While in Texas, Wight broke with other factions of Latter Day Saints, including the group led by Brigham Young.
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   War hysteria preceding the Mountain Meadows massacre

   For the decade prior to the Fanchers' arrival there, Utah Territory existed as a theocracy led by Brigham Young.
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   Blacks and The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

   Some researchers have suggested that the actions of William McCary in Winter Quarters, Nebraska led to Brigham Young's decision to adopt the priesthood ban in the LDS Church. ... Eldridge Cleaver - an author and a prominent American civil rights leader who began as a dominant member of the Black Panther Party.
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   Mountain Meadows massacre

   Brigham Young ... Accepting this, the emigrants were led out of their fortification.
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    Adam–God theory

    The print version has subsequently been changed to "has no excuse whatever for being led astray by it." http://speeches.byu.edu/index.php?act=viewitem&id=658 C ... (3 Brigham Young Addresses ¶7 (25 April 1855))

Explore the following pages on Powerset:

• Fancher party's and Mormons' backgrounds and the Mountain Meadows massacre,
• Blood atonement,
• Brigham Young,
• Utah,
• History of Salt Lake City,
• Lyman Wight,
• War hysteria preceding the Mountain Meadows massacre,
• Blacks and The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints,
• Mountain Meadows massacre,
• Adam–God theory