Editing Persecution (section)

====Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (Mormonism)====
{{Main|Anti-Mormonism}}
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The Missouri [[Missouri Executive Order 44|extermination order]] forced Mormons to move to Illinois. This was after [[Sidney Rigdon]] gave his [[Rigdon's July 4th oration|July 4th Oration]] which meant to state that Mormons would defend their lives and property. This speech was taken critically by the [[Government of Missouri|state government]]. Missouri state militia troops slaughtered Mormons in what is now known as the [[Haun's Mill massacre]]. Their forcible expulsion from the state caused the death of over a hundred due to exposure, starvation, and resulting illnesses. The founder of the church, [[Joseph Smith]], was [[killing of Joseph Smith|killed]] in [[Carthage, Illinois]] by a mob of about 200 men, almost all of whom were members of the Illinois state militia including some members of the militia who were assigned to guard him. The Mormons suffered through [[tarring and feathering]], their lands and possessions being repeatedly taken from them, mob attacks, false imprisonments, and the US sending an army to Utah to deal with the "Mormon problem" in the [[Utah War]] which resulted in a group of Mormons led by [[John D. Lee]] massacring settlers at the [[Mountain Meadows Massacre]].