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Commentary: Black Mormon pioneer Jane Manning James — only member ever sealed as a ‘servant’ — finally gets her due

Salt Lake Tribune | June 13, 2019

Related Topics: Oxford University Press, Indigenous peoples of the United States, Emma Smith, Mormons, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, African Americans, Joseph F. Smith, Jane Elizabeth Manning James

First there was the feature film “Jane and Emma,” released last autumn, which focused on the friendship between Emma Smith, first wife of Mormon founder Joseph Smith, and Jane Manning James, an African American convert living with their family in Nauvoo, Ill.

(The movie is now available for rental on Amazon and YouTube, and was the focus of a terrific panel at the Mormon History Association’s annual meeting last week.)

And now — at last — there is also a full-fledged biography of Jane, which just released from Oxford University Press: “Your Sister in the Gospel,” by historian Quincy Newell.

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