

Joseph Smith for President
The Prophet, The Assassins, and the Fight for American Religious Freedom
Author: Spencer W. McBride
Narrator: Christopher Grove
Unabridged: 8 hr 56 min
Format: Digital Audiobook Download
Publisher: Tantor Media
Published: 12/28/2021
Categories: Nonfiction, Political Science, Biography & Autobiography, Religious Nonfiction
Synopsis
Though Joseph Smith's run for president is now best remembered for its gruesome end, the renegade campaign was revolutionary. Smith called for the total abolition of slavery, the closure of the country's penitentiaries, and the reestablishment of a national bank to stabilize the economy. But Smith's most important proposal was for an expansion of protections for religious minorities. At a time when the Bill of Rights did not apply to individual states, Smith sought to empower the federal government to protect minorities when states failed to do so.