Episode 35: A Day of Trial

Elder Kyle S. McKay is a General Authority Seventy and assistant executive director of the Church History Department. In this episode Elder McKay explains the aftermath of the passage of the Edmunds-Tucker Act in 1887, including the disincorporation of the Church and Perpetual Emigrating Fund. Elder McKay also helps us understand why George Q. Cannon and other senior Church leaders went into hiding at this time.

Additional Resources

Chapter Discussed in This Episode:

• Chapter 35: A Day of Trial

Associated Church History Topics:

• Antipolygamy Legislation

• Emmeline B. Wells

• George Q. Cannon

• Ida Hunt Udall

• John Taylor

• Pioneer Women and Medicine

• Succession of Church Leadership

• Wilford Woodruff

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