[Quorum of Twelve] G.S.L. City Feb 13 1849 Council met at the same place at 11 o'clock (Note: this meeting was arranged to organized the Salt Lake Stake with its Presidency and High Council) ***** Adj[ourne]d for 1 hour
Met at the same place (George B. Wallace's) at 3 ½ pm
Conversation turned upon mesmerism until Elder Lorenzo Snow presented the case of the Africans wishing to know the chance of their redemption.
Pres[iden]t Young replied with much clearness that the curse remains upon them because Cain cut off the lines of Abel to prevent him & his posterity getting the ascendancy (sic) over himself & his generations his own offering not being accepted of God while Abels was. But the Lord has cursed Cain's seed with blacknes (sic) & prohibited them the Priesthood that Abel & his progeny may yet come forward & have their dominion place and Blessings in their proper relationship with Cain & his race in a world to come.
[source: Quorum of the Twelve Apostles: Minutes of Meetings and Other Documents--Excerpts, 1835-1896, http://amzn.to/newmormonstudies]
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