Second Great Awakening
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The Second Great Awakening was a religious revival during the late 18th and early 19th century in the United States. It spread religion through revivals and emotional preaching and sparked a number of
1839 Methodist camp meeting
Camp meeting of the Methodists in N. America J. Milbert del M. Dubourg sculp
Joseph Smith
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Joseph Smith Jr. was an American religious and political leader and the founder of Mormonism and the Latter Day Saint movement. Publishing the Book of Mormon at the age of 24, Smith attracted tens of
Second Great Awakening
…Luther Rice, Baptist missionary to India, and Baptist missionary in the US South Joseph Smith, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, early leader of the Restoration Movement Barton Stone, Presbyterian non-Calvinist, then early leader…
Portrait attributed to William Warner Major, c. 1842
Night-time treasure digs were a common practice in New England, as shown in "The Money Diggers" (1832) by artist John Quidor.
Joseph's older brother Alvin died in 1823.
Smith dictated most of the Book of Mormon by looking into a seer stone placed in a stovepipe hat.