Name: Joseph Smith and the Beginnings of Polygamy
Uploaded: 2026-02-04T18:31:49.365216377Z
Duration: 1970-01-01T00:02:42.412Z
Description: Historians Lisa Olsen Tait and Matthew J. Grow discuss how polygamy started in the early LDS Church and how participants learned about and accepted the practice.

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Joseph Smith and the Beginnings of Polygamy

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Joseph Smith, Jr. kneeling in the Sacred Grove during the First Vision.  There are shafts of light shining down on Joseph.

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Historians Lisa Olsen Tait and Matthew J. Grow discuss how polygamy started in the early LDS Church and how participants learned about and accepted the practice.

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