1897 MORMON KINGDOM - BEAVER ISLAND. Moses of the Mormons. Strang's City of Refuge and Island Kingdom. Evangelical They had been held captive

They had been held captive for over 8 years

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1897 MORMON KINGDOM - BEAVER ISLAND. Moses of the Mormons. Strang's City of Refuge and Island Kingdom. Evangelical They had been held captivePublished in 1897 by Henry Eduard Legler, A Moses of the Mormons: Strang's City of Refuge and Island Kingdom is a seminal historical work documenting the rise and fall of James Strang, a primary claimant to Joseph Smiths prophetic mantle. The book is, in fact, one of the earliest comprehensive accounts of the Strangite movement. It details how Strang led thousands of followers to establish a "City of Refuge" in Voree, Wisconsin, and later a theocratic