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Courtesy of the American Philosophical Society.https://benjaminepark.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/orson_hyde.jpgOrson_HydeOrson Hyde2023-02-10T13:30:56+00:00weekly0.6https://benjaminepark.com/2020/06/07/confronting-and-unpacking-mormonisms-history-of-white-supremacy/2020-06-07T16:29:04+00:00monthlyhttps://benjaminepark.com/2020/05/25/recasting-the-origins-of-the-book-of-mormon/2020-05-25T02:31:15+00:00monthlyhttps://benjaminepark.com/2020/05/20/the-circuitous-history-of-mormonisms-gender-essentialism/https://benjaminepark.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/petrey.jpgPetrey2020-05-20T03:00:20+00:00monthlyhttps://benjaminepark.com/2020/02/23/kingdomofnauvoo-comes-to-utah/https://benjaminepark.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/screen-shot-2020-02-23-at-3.39.42-pm.pngScreen Shot 2020-02-23 at 3.39.42 PMhttps://benjaminepark.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/screen-shot-2020-02-23-at-3.35.53-pm.pngScreen Shot 2020-02-23 at 3.35.53 PMhttps://benjaminepark.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/screen-shot-2020-02-23-at-3.33.09-pm.pngScreen Shot 2020-02-23 at 3.33.09 PM2020-02-23T21:41:35+00:00monthlyhttps://benjaminepark.com/2020/01/27/mormonism-as-the-hinge-upon-which-secularism-pivots/https://benjaminepark.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/coviello.jpgCoviello2020-01-27T15:43:47+00:00monthlyhttps://benjaminepark.com/2019/11/18/situating-the-book-of-mormon-in-americas-literary-tradition/https://benjaminepark.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/bom.jpgBoM2019-11-18T04:03:36+00:00monthlyhttps://benjaminepark.com/2019/10/30/mormonism-as-a-religion-for-the-railroad-age/https://benjaminepark.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/walker.jpgWalker2019-10-30T03:28:51+00:00monthlyhttps://benjaminepark.com/2019/09/23/first-vision/https://benjaminepark.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/first-vision.jpgfirst visionhttps://benjaminepark.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/harper.jpgHarper2019-09-25T02:30:33+00:00monthlyhttps://benjaminepark.com/2019/08/26/seeing-early-mormonism-through-newel-knights-eyes/https://benjaminepark.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/knight.jpgKnight2019-08-26T02:18:12+00:00monthlyhttps://benjaminepark.com/2019/08/19/mormonism-gender-and-the-tangled-nature-of-history/https://benjaminepark.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/prince.jpgPrince2019-08-19T15:51:23+00:00monthlyhttps://benjaminepark.com/2019/08/05/the-legacies-of-juanita-brooks/https://benjaminepark.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/brooks-portrait.pngBrooks Portraithttps://benjaminepark.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/brooks.jpgBrooks2019-07-31T02:39:04+00:00monthlyhttps://benjaminepark.com/2019/07/29/the-mormon-diaspora/https://benjaminepark.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/bickerton.jpgBickerton2019-07-29T14:30:27+00:00monthlyhttps://benjaminepark.com/2019/07/16/will-bagley-the-mississippi-river-and-the-war-for-the-liberation-of-mormon-history/https://benjaminepark.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/nauvoo-1848.jpgNauvoo 1848https://benjaminepark.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/bagley.jpgBagley2019-07-16T05:01:18+00:00monthlyhttps://benjaminepark.com/2019/06/25/jane-manning-james-and-the-narratives-of-mormon-religious-american-history/https://benjaminepark.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/jmj-photo.jpegJMJ photohttps://benjaminepark.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/jmj.jpgJMJ2019-06-25T17:31:43+00:00monthlyhttps://benjaminepark.com/2019/02/22/new-article-joseph-smiths-kingdom-of-god-the-council-of-fifty-and-the-mormon-challenge-to-democratic-politics/https://benjaminepark.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/js-and-12.jpgJS and 122019-02-22T16:15:08+00:00monthlyhttps://benjaminepark.com/2019/01/24/constructing-the-mormon-williamsburg/https://benjaminepark.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/esplin.jpgesplin2019-01-24T01:43:05+00:00monthlyhttps://benjaminepark.com/2018/11/06/the-nauvoo-origins-of-the-book-of-abraham/https://benjaminepark.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/jsp-abraham.jpgJSP Abraham2018-11-06T03:11:03+00:00monthlyhttps://benjaminepark.com/2018/10/01/narrating-americas-first-saint/https://benjaminepark.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/seton1.jpgSetonhttps://benjaminepark.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/seton.jpgSeton2018-10-01T02:46:49+00:00monthlyhttps://benjaminepark.com/2018/09/17/fighting-in-congress-then-and-now/https://benjaminepark.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/caning.jpgcaningThe famous caning of Charles Sumner by Preston Brooks. Perhaps the best-known story of congressional violence, it has been a mainstay in my--and I imagine many--classrooms. However, Freeman's book adds many, many more examples. Indeed, this episode doesn't appear until the final chapter!https://benjaminepark.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/freeman.jpgFreeman2018-09-17T02:36:41+00:00monthlyhttps://benjaminepark.com/2018/09/13/black-voices-and-black-rights-in-black-baltimore/https://benjaminepark.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/birthright.jpgBirthright2018-09-11T04:04:51+00:00monthlyhttps://benjaminepark.com/2018/09/11/mormonisms-expanded-canon/https://benjaminepark.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/expanded-canon-e1536625686900.jpgExpanded Canon2018-09-11T01:00:52+00:00monthlyhttps://benjaminepark.com/2018/01/24/review-james-lewis-the-burr-conspiracy/https://benjaminepark.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/burr.jpgBurr2018-09-03T22:56:41+00:00monthlyhttps://benjaminepark.com/2018/02/07/review-roseann-benson-alexander-campbell-and-joseph-smith/https://benjaminepark.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/campbell-smith.jpgCampbell Smith2018-09-03T22:56:02+00:00monthlyhttps://benjaminepark.com/2018/04/30/william-smiths-the-plural-marriage-revelation-and-nauvoos-legacy/https://benjaminepark.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/plural-marriage.jpgPlural Marriage2018-09-03T22:55:47+00:00monthlyhttps://benjaminepark.com/2018/05/28/the-significance-of-leonard-arringtons-diaries/https://benjaminepark.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/arrington.jpegArrington2018-09-03T22:55:34+00:00monthlyhttps://benjaminepark.com/2018/07/03/dissecting-mormonisms-founding-documents/https://benjaminepark.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/img_2718.jpgimg_27182018-09-03T22:55:20+00:00monthlyhttps://benjaminepark.com/2018/09/03/approaching-a-decolonized-zion/https://benjaminepark.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/decolonizing-mormonism.jpgDecolonizing Mormonism2018-09-03T22:46:14+00:00monthlyhttps://benjaminepark.com/blog/2018-09-03T22:30:06+00:00weekly0.6https://benjaminepark.com/publications/https://benjaminepark.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/js-q12.gifJS Q12William Major, Joseph Smith and the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles (circa 1845). 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This image comes from the frontispiece of Laurel Ulrich's new book, A House Full of Females.https://benjaminepark.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/screen-shot-2017-10-15-at-11-26-45-pm.pngScreen Shot 2017-10-15 at 11.26.45 PMJoseph Smith's blessing of Sarah Ann Whitney, in Joseph Smith's handwriting. 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