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MormonTimes.com: Tarring and feathering taught Prophet he was vulnerable to violence

Published: Thursday, Oct. 16, 2008 12:09 a.m. MDT
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Their adopted twin babies were sick with the measles, and the Prophet Joseph Smith and his wife, Emma, hadn't been able to get much rest.

During the night, Emma told him to lie down on a trundle bed near the front door and try to get some sleep. He took the sicker twin and lay down, but his rest wouldn't last long.

Suddenly, Joseph heard Emma scream, and a mob of about a dozen angry men burst in and began dragging him out of the house.

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Mark Staker, senior researcher for the LDS Church History Department, says that Joseph Smith realized his vulnerability after he was tarred and feathered.

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