Wilford Woodruff records Brigham condemning slavery but maintaining that Black people must be servants.
Wilford Woodruff, Journal, June 1, 1851, MS 1352, CHL
The master of slaves will be damned if they abuse their slaves. Yet the seed of Ham will be servants until God takes the curse off from them. But they are not all the slaves there are in the world. The whole world are slaves to sin and wickedness and passion. I have two Blacks and they are as free as I am. Shall we lay a foundation for Negro slavery? No. God forbid, and I forbid it. I say let us be free. We will be rich but we must be rich in faith first or we shall be rich in no other way.