When Americans lynched the Mormon prophet

Thank you Brooklyn Bedding for sponsoring! Visit https://brooklynbedding.com/cynicalhi... to get 30% off your mattress with code CYNICALHISTORIAN I’m making a series about Mormon history. Today is about why they felt the need to flee west to Utah. The history of early Mormonism and Joseph Smith takes many turns. Starting in the Burnt-Over District of New York, I’ll cover the creation of Mormonism; move to Kirtland; expansion to Missouri; their bank failure; a war of expulsion; refuge in Nauvoo, Illinois; and the prophet’s final demise. It is a fascinating and unique tale. ――――――――― Bibliography Alex Beam, American Crucifixion: The Murder of Joseph Smith and the Fate of the Mormon Church (New York: Public Affairs, 2017). https://amzn.to/4ceNcOD Richard Lyman Bushman, Joseph Smith’s Gold Plates: A Cultural History (Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press, 2023). https://amzn.to/40qmT50 Essays on American Indian and Mormon History, eds. P. Jane Hafen and Brenden W. Rensink (Salt Lake City: University of Utah Press, 2019). https://amzn.to/4bOFsmJ Benjamin E. Park, American Zion: A New History of Mormonism (New York: Liveright Publishing, 2024). https://amzn.to/4bQWDnJ The Missouri Mormon Experience, ed. Thomas M. Spencer (Columbia: University of Missouri Press, 2010). https://amzn.to/3xb4ihI Richard S. Van Wagoner, Mormon Polygamy: A History, 2nd ed. (1986; Salt Lake City, UT: Signature Books, 1989). https://amzn.to/3VvxsRU “Church History,” Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, website, https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/s... (Abbreviated “LDS Web”). ――――――――― Connected videos About my dissertation:    • Great Excitement : Violent Incorporation o...   2nd Great Awakening:    • Religion Revived : The Second Great Awaken...   Great Awakenings:    • Four Great Awakenings explained, and if we...   Mormon history playlist:    • Mormon history series   ――――――――― SUBSCRIBE FOR MORE VIDEOS: http://www.youtube.com/subscription_c... Support the channel through PATREON:   / cynicalhistorian   or by purchasing MERCH: https://cynical-historian-shop.fourth... LET'S CONNECT Twitch:   / cynicalhistorian   Discord:   / discord   Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/cynicalhisto...