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Using the concept of classical republicanism in his analysis, Kenneth Winn argues against the common view that the Mormon religion was an exceptional phenomenon representing a countercultural ideology fundamentally subversive to American society. Rather, he maintains, both the Saints and their enemies affirmed republican principles, but in radically different ways.Winn identifies the 1830 founding of the Mormon church as a religious protest against the pervasive disorder plaguing antebellum America, attracting people who saw the libertarianism, religious pluralism, and market capitalism of Jacksonian America as threats to the Republic. While non-Mormons shared the perception that the Union was in danger, many saw the Mormons as one of the chief threats. General fear of Joseph Smith and his followers led to verbal and physical attacks on the Saints, which reinforced the Mormons conviction that America had descended into anarchy. By 1846, violent opposition had driven Mormons to the uninhabited Great Salt Lake Basin.
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Exiles in a Land of Liberty : Mormons in America, 1830-1846 Studies in Religion (Chapel Hill, N.C.)
author
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Winn, Kenneth H.
publisher
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University of North Carolina Press
isbn10 | asin
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0807843008
print isbn13
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9780807843000
ebook isbn13
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9780807866351
language
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English
subject
Mormons--United States--History--19th century, United States--History--1815-1861, United States--Church history--19th century.
publication date
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1989
lcc
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E184.M8W56 1989eb
ddc
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973.5/088283
subject
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Mormons--United States--History--19th century, United States--History--1815-1861, United States--Church history--19th century.
Page i
Exiles in a Land of Liberty
Page ii
Studies in Religion
Charles H. Long, Editor Syracuse University
Editorial Board
Giles B. Gunn University of California at Santa Barbara
Van A. Harvey Stanford University
Wendy Doniger O'Flaherty The University of Chicago
Ninian Smart University of California at Santa Barbara and the University of Lancaster
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Exiles in a Land of Liberty
Mormons in America, 1830-1846
by Kenneth H. Winn
The University of North Carolina Press Chapel Hill and London
Page iv
1989 The University of North Carolina Press All rights reserved Manufactured in the United States of America
The paper in this book meets the guidelines for permanence and durability of the Committee on Production Guidelines for Book Longevity of the Council on Library Resources.
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Winn, Kenneth H. Exiles in a land of liberty: Mormons in America, 1830-1846 / by Kenneth H. Winn. p. cm.(Studies in religion) Bibliography: p. Includes index. ISBN 0-8078-1829-1 (alk. paper) ISBN 0-8078-4300-8 (pbk.: alk. paper) 1. MormonsUnited StatesHistory19th century 2. United StatesHistory1815-1861. 3. United StatesChurch history19th century I. Title. II. Series: Studies in religion (Chapel Hill, N.C.) E184.M8W56 1989 88-23291 973.5088283dc 19 CIP
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for Karen, mi corazn
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Contents
Acknowledgments
ix
Introduction
1
1. The Origins of Mormonism
6
2. The Book of Mormon as a Republican Document
18
3. Social Disorder and the Resurrection of Communal Republicanism among the Mormons
40
4. The Rise of Anti-Mormonism
63
5. Anti-Mormonism Becomes Violent
85
6. Republican Dissent in the Kingdom of God
106
7. Republican Virtue "Exterminated" in Missouri
129
8. Anti-Mormonism Reappears in Illinois
152
9. To Redeem the Nation
182
10. America the Corrupt
208
Notes
239
Bibliography
261
Index
277
Page ix
Acknowledgments
It is a pleasure to thank the many fine people and institutions that helped me in the writing of this book. Before historians can engage in serious research and writing they must be free from basic economic worry. To that end I benefited from a fellowship from the Charlotte W. Newcombe Foundation and a Doctoral Dissertation Fellowship from Washington University in St. Louis. For both awards I am grateful. More recently, my friend Peter J. Michel and the Missouri Historical Society have provided me with the time and support necessary to put the final touches on the manuscript.
I am also happy to acknowledge research assistance from the staffs of the special collections departments of the Newberry Library, the Chicago Historical Society, the Missouri Historical Society, the Utah State Historical Society, the Salt Lake City Public Library, the Olin Library and Inter-Library Loan at Washington University, the Lovejoy Library at Southern Illinois University at Edwardsville, and the History Office and Archives of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. I owe a special debt to Mary Schnitker Kiessling and Bevene Bona of the Church History Office. Mary in particular, went beyond the call of duty to make my lengthy research trips to Salt Lake City not only profitable, but pleasant. I remember her and the rest of the staff fondly.
At an early stage of my research I received useful advice from Linda Wilcox and Stephen C. LeSueur. Many other people have been helpful along the way. Jean Baker and Robert Shalhope gave me a number of useful comments on my third chapter. I hope they can find reason to like the rest. More generally, I would be remiss if I did not express my admiration for the practitioners of the "New Mormon History" (although, like the "New Social History," the New Mormon History is not very new anymore). I have littered my footnotes with references to
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