Why did Utah Territory choose to be recognized as Slave Territory?

They had their choice, 100% Free to go either way...

Game Over

Hope you ask these kids to think it over:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NquxM9_cT_o&t=2s

I'm sure the nevermo will be more sincere than the 3 mormons he replies to.

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They will offer the usual "We were a product of the era."

Which, to me, is hilarious given that they claim to have a prophet with a direct line to God who's supposed to be a perfect moral authority and know the future. You'd think he would have advised them better.

Exactly! What good is having a (sob, sniff) living prophet if he just follows the morays of the times? How dumb is that?

God is just a product of the same era that his followers are in. Funny how that works.

"They will offer the usual 'We were a product of the era.'"

Which of course is precisely the wrong answer. OP refers to the Compromise of 1850. Among its provisions were that California was to be admitted as a free state, and Utah Territory could *decide for itself* whether to go free or slave.

Utah went the slave route. Didn't have to, even as a "product of the era," but it did anyway. Another TBM epic fail.

Utah Territory was in fact the ONLY territory of the US to ever declare as a slave territory.

Did not know that well i learned something new today thank you.

You're welcome, and may I recommend, please read the valuable posts of Steve Benson, as you know he's done a ton of work gathering details about important Mormon history topics into his long and informative posts.

Considering the fact that the Utah legislature made slavery legal and many prominent leaders were slaveholders such as Abraham O. Smoot then I presume it was a sacred institution.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abraham_O._Smoot

In fact in 2015 BYU magazine did a writeup about Smoot, though they seemed to have forgotten to mention his involvement in this sacred principle that along with polygamy are considered the Twin Relics of Beloved Brigham. Today the beloved administration building at BYU is named for this champion of the pro-slavery movement Abraham Smoot.

https://magazine.byu.edu/article/the-legacy-of-abraham-smoot/


Now don't blame me for this. Its just part of our sacred legacy that we've inherited as part of the collection of unchangeable eternal doctrines. When I was a super mature age to make lifelong important commitments, even 8 years old, I committed myself to stick by this sacred legacy forever which immediately caused me to feel warm/good as the warm water immersed my body. And anytime we labor on behalf of the Church with our time, moneys, and anything else we are giving this legacy more power in the world.