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Causes Of The Mormon Boycott Against Gentile Merchants In 1866 And 1868, Peter Neil Garff
Causes Of The Mormon Boycott Against Gentile Merchants In 1866 And 1868, Peter Neil Garff
Theses and Dissertations
In the 1850s and 1860s Gentiles monopolized the mercantile profession in Salt Lake valley. Conflict arose between the Mormons and anti-Mormon merchants for essentially five reasons: Mormon Church leaders believed merchants charged exorbitant prices, encouraged the coming of Johnston's army, falsely accused them for the "assassination" of two Salt Lake City Gentiles, supported Gentiles who were "jumping" Mormon land claims, and supported an adamantly anti-Mormon newspaper. Church leaders maintained that the motive behind these actions was essentially the destruction of their church; therefore, they levied a boycott against the anti-Mormon merchants in 1866.
Because Church leaders felt the coming of …