Mormon History, Oct 1845

[Black History] Apostle John Taylor, editor of Times & Seasons, characterized Africa as a "meadow of black flowers [used] to beautify white gardens" and lamented the buying and selling of people (in Nauvoo Neighbor, 29 ). Oct 1845

[source: Crapo, Richley, Chronology Pertaining to Blacks and the LDS Priesthood, http://www.mormonsocialscience.org/node/62]