UnDisciplined
UnDisciplined
Utah Public Radio
UnDisciplined: Were Utah’s pioneers slave owners?
25 minutes Posted Jan 18, 2024 at 11:45 am.
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Slavery in the United States is often thought to be an institution of the American South, but western states played a part as well. In Utah, a law passed in 1852 made slavery and the slave trade legal, and this law was passed under the urging of the first territorial governor, Brigham Young. Historian Paul Reeve joins the program to discuss newly unearthed documents about Brigham Young and Utah's history.