| Title |
Delegates to the 1856 Utah Constitutional Convention debate whether Utah will apply as a slave or free state. Orson Pratt delivers an anti-slavery speech, March 22, 1856 |
| Creator |
Pratt, Orson, 1811-1881; Utah Constitutional Convention; Young, Brigham, 1801-1877; Smith, George A., 1817-1875 |
| Contributor |
Carruth, LaJean Purcell; Rich, Christopher B., Jr.; Sylvia Ghosh |
| Date |
1856-03-22 |
| Subject |
Slavery--Utah--History--Sources; Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints--History |
| Description |
Delegates to the 1856 Utah Constitutional Convention debate whether Utah will apply as a slave or free state |
| Identifier |
6.2.a,b,c |
| Table of Contents |
Document: 6; Sub-documents: a,b,c; Appendix: 5 |
| Collection Name |
Enslavement in Territorial Utah Documents Collection |
| Type |
Text |
| Genre |
transcripts |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Extent |
9 pages |
| Language |
eng |
| Rights |
 |
| Rights Holder |
Typesetting and editing work contributed by W. Paul Reeve |
| Source |
Orson Pratt, March 22, 1856, before the 1856 Utah Constitutional Convention, Transcribed from John V. Long's shorthand record by LaJean Purcell Carruth, Utah Territory Constitutional Convention Papers, 1856, MS 2988, CHL; Facsimile transcript, CR 100 912, CHL.; Minutes of Utah Constitutional Convention, Council House, March 21-27, 1856, MS 2988, CHL.; Historian's Office General Minutes, 1839-1877, March 23, 1856, CR 100 318, CHL. |
| Relation |
Pratt's Speech https://catalog.churchofjesuschrist.org/assets/8e918d97-09e0-4752-9374-3b1e1e2c889a/0/0?lang=eng&fp=true; Document 6b https://catalog.churchofjesuschrist.org/assets/c33d7b91-7caf-45a3-bbc6-83d37cc657e8/0/28?lang=eng&fp=true; Document 6c https://catalog.churchofjesuschrist.org/assets/af46b540-dd6b-4783-9c34-5ba32c60f814/0/44?lang=eng&fp=true |
| ARK |
ark:/87278/s6gggq6p |
| Setname |
uum_etud |
| ID |
2221817 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6gggq6p |
