150 years ago today - Oct 6, 1863

Brigham Young prophesies to general conference: "Will the present struggle [of the U.S. Civil War] free the slaves? No..... and men will be called to judgment for the way they have treated the negro." U.S. president Abraham Lincoln has already signed on Jun 20, 1862 law which prohibits slavery in all federal territories, and this emancipates the few dozen slaves in Utah. On Jan 1, 1863 Lincoln has also issued his proclamation which emancipated all slaves in Confederacy but does not free slaves in Maryland, West Virginia, Kentucky, and Missouri. The 13th Amendment legally ends slavery in the United States in 1865.

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