‘Mormon Land’: The life of Jane Manning James — from her quest to be sealed to Joseph Smith to her patriarchal blessing by Hyrum Smith and her legacy for black Latter-day Saints

(Photo courtesy of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints) Jane Manning James

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