Road to Carthage: A Joseph Smith Papers Podcast podcast

Episode 1: Mobs, Elections, and Kidnappings

6/12/2023

Road to Carthage: A Joseph Smith Papers Podcast

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38:26

This episode reveals how the violence Latter-day Saints experienced in Missouri during the 1830s informed the way they designed safeguards for their rights and lives in Illinois, and how the implementation of those safeguards led to the formation of the Anti-Mormon Party. Guests: Matthew Godfrey, Alex Smith, Jeffrey Mahas, Brent Rogers, Elizabeth Kuehn, Christian Heimburger, Adam Petty

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Episode 1: Mobs, Elections, and Kidnappings
6/12/2023
38:26
This episode reveals how the violence Latter-day Saints experienced in Missouri during the 1830s informed the way they designed safeguards for their rights and lives in Illinois, and how the implementation of those safeguards led to the formation of the Anti-Mormon Party. Guests: Matthew Godfrey, Alex Smith, Jeffrey Mahas, Brent Rogers, Elizabeth Kuehn, Christian Heimburger, Adam Petty
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Episode 1: Mobs, Elections, and Kidnappings

Road to Carthage: A Joseph Smith Papers Podcast

More episodes from "Road to Carthage: A Joseph Smith Papers Podcast"

Episode 8: A Conversation with Dallin H. Oaks and Richard E. Turley Jr.

Episode 7: A Conversation with M. Russell Ballard

Episode 6: Knowing Brother Joseph Again

Episode 5: Mourning Joseph and Hyrum

Episode 4: The Martyrdom

Episode 3: Leaving Nauvoo

Episode 2: Appeals for Help

Episode 1: Mobs, Elections, and Kidnappings

Episode 0: Series Introduction