MORMONS: POLYGAMY, 1883. The Great Sin of the Century
- Emmanuel Isaiah Smith
- Dec 15, 2020
- 1 min read
MORMONS: POLYGAMY, 1883. The Great Sin of the Century.
Uncle Sam has difficulties enforcing the Edmunds-Tucker Act of 1882, which declared polygamy a felony and revoked the polygamists right to vote. Cartoon from an American newspaper of 1883.
The early (19th century) Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints was oftentimes charged with crimes from lewd cohabitation to murder and assassinations.

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