1897 MORMON KINGDOM - BEAVER ISLAND. Moses of the Mormons. Strang's City of Refuge and Island Kingdom. Evangelical A very fine engraving of

A very fine engraving of J

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This was a transparent move by the pro-slavers to concretize their political abilty to ensure the preservation of slavery in the South

1897 MORMON KINGDOM - BEAVER ISLAND. Moses of the Mormons. Strang's City of Refuge and Island Kingdom. Evangelical A very fine engraving ofPublished in 1897 by Henry Eduard Legler, A Moses of the Mormons: Strang's City of Refuge and Island Kingdom is a seminal historical work documenting the rise and fall of James Strang, a primary claimant to Joseph Smiths prophetic mantle. The book is, in fact, one of the earliest comprehensive accounts of the Strangite movement. It details how Strang led thousands of followers to establish a "City of Refuge" in Voree, Wisconsin, and later a theocratic