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President Lincoln Signs Anti-Polygamy Act into Law
The New-York Times announces that the president has signed into law the Morrill bill to "prohibit Polygamy and annul the polygamic laws of the Territory of Utah."
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Artifact Date
July 3, 1862
Topic(s)
- Civil Rights
- Civil War
- Politics
- Religious Liberty
- War
