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Elijah Ables: Faithful Black Mormon Pioneer: with Russell Stevenson, biographer of Elijah Ables
Russell Stevenson, a Ph.D. Candidate at Michigan State University, is the biographer of early black Mormon pioneer Elijah Ables. (His last name is has many variant spellings such as Abel, Able.) Ables is the first documented black Mormon priesthood holder in the LDS Church, and served at least two missions. Stevenson recounts Ables’ life, his missions, assistance with building temples in Ohio, Illinois, and Utah.
Was Ables a born a slave? Was his priesthood revoked? Did he work with the Underground Railroad? Did he ever affiliate with other Mormon schismatic groups? Stevenson answers these and many other questions in this fascinating conversation.
We’ll also talk about Nigerian efforts to get missionaries to teach them as early as the 1950s, despite the lack of missionary work in Nigeria, as well as the ban on black priesthood holders until 1978. Stevenson discusses his studies of the Igbo people in Nigeria. Russell discusses his studies of the LDS Church in Nigeria. This is a conversation you won’t want to miss!
Was Ables a born a slave? Was his priesthood revoked? Did he work with the Underground Railroad? Did he ever affiliate with other Mormon schismatic groups? Stevenson answers these and many other questions in this fascinating conversation.
We’ll also talk about Nigerian efforts to get missionaries to teach them as early as the 1950s, despite the lack of missionary work in Nigeria, as well as the ban on black priesthood holders until 1978. Stevenson discusses his studies of the Igbo people in Nigeria. Russell discusses his studies of the LDS Church in Nigeria. This is a conversation you won’t want to miss!
58 pages, Paperback
Published February 26, 2018
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