Missouri Executive Order 44 (eat your heart out, George) was signed by Lilburn Boggs on October 23, 1838, and ordered that Mormons in the state be “exterminated” or exiled. This destroyed Boggs’ political career, but the order wasn’t formally rescinded until 1976 as a goodwill gesture by Governor Kit Bond. Zombie laws and orders are a hell of a drug that I imagine keep lawyers up at night.
Might also be interested to read how in 1857 Mormon militia murdered a bunch of settlers traveling west through Mormon territory - the Mountain Meadows Massacre. And only one person was ever convicted for the death of between 120 and 140 people.
Edit: Fixed link.
I had left the church by the time I learned about it, but this completely solidified for me that my entire upbringing was a horrific sham of lies and manipulation.
I’m still struggling to unfuck my brain from the absolute twisted mess they left me in.
Have you watched any of Alyssa Grenfell’s videos on Youtube? She’s a former Mormon who makes videos about it from her perspective. I knew the church was fucked up, but the rabbit hole is so much deeper than I expected.
It’s awful. The shit that a lifetime of lies will do to you, and the things you end up digging out years later. You have my sympathy, friend.
Add on top of that their genocide and slavery of the Timpanogos people.
There’s a mountaintop in central Utah was named a slur until 2022. (Don’t tell the orange ass-clown, he’ll change it back,) It was where the wife of the chief fled with the rest of their village to make their last stand against the settlers. There’s a plaque to commemorate her memory.
Your link is malformed and leads to
https://lemmy.world/Mountain_Meadows_Massacre. Here’s one to Wikipedia if that’s what you were going for.Thanks.
There was a show that came out a few years back called American Primeval that was about this time period and these people. I’m not sure if the show is meant to be this specific massacre, or a fictionalized version of events, but I thought it was super compelling.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Primeval