http://www.sltrib.com/sltrib/news/58198497-78/black-mormon-flake-says.html.csp

"Flake, for example, joined the faith in 1844 along with his white owners, James and Agnes Flake (to whom he had been given as a wedding present), Stevenson says.

James Flake died in a farming accident in 1850, leaving Agnes a widow, he notes. "According to Agnes’ son, she left behind Flake as an offering to the church and moved to California but only after a futile effort to sell him to other Mormons in the territory."

In 1854, Young gave Flake his freedom. Flake remained a devout Mormon for the rest of his life. He is listed as a "servant" on the monument at This Is the Place Heritage Park in Salt Lake City’s eastern foothills.

"Green Flake found himself compelled to live out the paradox that was the black Mormon experience," Stevenson says, "a vision of a hopeful, universal gospel at odds with a telestial reality that the white Mormon community failed to transcend.""

Here's Pat Bagley doing a fine impression of his older brother...

http://www.sltrib.com/ci_14437472?source=most_viewed

And here's the story of another Black Mormon pioneer, Jane Elizabent Manning James, who was sealed to Joseph Smith as servant...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jane_Elizabeth_Manning_James

Praise the Lard and pass the Pepto...

but have had at least 2 comments pulled and can't seem to login now.

Anyone else had issues on the SL Trib site. Has the Dews News takeover taken effect and am I being censored? Anyone else having issues?

Weird because there are plenty of less than beliveing comments being allowed.

I'm tempted to wade in, but I see the author of the article is Peggy Fletcher Stack, and there's no way I would be able to mind my manners...