Mormon Human Trafficking Sources

 

Sources for Exploited by Faith: The Trafficking of European Women into Mormon Polygamy

Heber C. Kimball's Quote

Source: The New York Tribune, May 15, 1860; The New York Times, April 17, 1860.
 

Irish Newspaper Warning

Source: The Freeman’s Journal, Wednesday, September 6, 1843.
 

Nauvoo Expositor Reports

Source: Published in 1844 by William Law, exposing trafficking practices under Joseph Smith.
 

Polygamy Reports from Germany

Source: Moroni and the Swastika: Mormons in Nazi Germany by David Nelson.
 

Durham County Advertiser on Polygamy's Impact

Source: Published August 23, 1861.
 

Ann Eliza Webb's Account (Wife No. 19)

Source: Wife No. 19 by Ann Eliza Webb.
 

Orson Pratt's Neglect of Wives

Source: Tell It All: The Story of a Life’s Experience in Mormonism by Fanny Stenhouse.
 

Trafficking Article in The New York Times

Source: Wednesday, March 21, 1869.
 

Hans P. Freece’s Account of His Mother

Source: The Sun, New York, April 4, 1915.
 

Roe Girls Trafficking Case

Source: Liberty Weekly Tribune, 1882.
 

Judge Cradlebaugh Testimony on Polygamy and Blood Atonement

Source: "Utah and the Mormons," speech by Hon. J. Cradlebaugh, House of Representatives, February 7, 1863.
 

New York Times on Brigham Young’s Daughter

Source: The New York Times, September 4, 1869.
 

Criticisms of Mormon Women’s Treatment

Source: The Women of Mormonism: The Story of Polygamy as Told by the Victims Themselves by Jennie Anderson Froiseth.
 

New York Times Article on Trafficked Converts

Source: The New York Times, January 3, 1856.
 

Escape Attempts by John Taylor’s Daughter

Source: The New York Times, December 18, 1879.
 

Further Criticisms from Judge Cradlebaugh
Source: Congressional Globe, February 23, 1863, 119-125.