Analysis of information sources in references of the Wikipedia article "History of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints" in English language version.
Mormons were accused by their persecutors in Missouri of being abolitionists and trying to promote slave rebellions
"If any of our members are found to be practicing plural marriage, they are excommunicated, the most serious penalty the Church can impose. Not only are those so involved in direct violation of the civil law, they are in violation of the law of this Church."
Gordon B. Hinckley, "What Are People Asking About Us?", Ensign, November 1998, p. 70.
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