Missouri Executive Order 44 (Extermination Order)

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Missouri Executive Order 44, commonly known as the Extermination Order, was an 1838 directive by Governor Lilburn W. Boggs authorizing state militia to expel or exterminate Mormons from Missouri, leading to severe persecution and the forced removal of Latter-day Saints from the state.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf executive order ⓘ
historical government document ⓘ
legal document ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Boggs Extermination Order ⓘ
appliesToTerritory State of Missouri ⓘ
authorizedAction expulsion of Mormons from Missouri ⓘ
treatment of Mormons as enemies ⓘ
use of militia force against Mormons ⓘ
characterization anti-Mormon measure ⓘ
state-sanctioned religious persecution ⓘ
violation of religious freedom ⓘ
commonName Extermination Order ⓘ
consequence contributed to Mormon migration to Illinois ⓘ
forced removal of Latter-day Saints from Missouri ⓘ
mass displacement of Latter-day Saints ⓘ
severe persecution of Mormons in Missouri ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
dateRescinded 1976-06-25 ⓘ
dateSigned 1838-10-27 ⓘ
historicalContext Mormon War (1838) ⓘ
historicalSignificance one of the most extreme acts of religious intolerance in U.S. state history ⓘ
humanRightsImpact deaths and violence against Mormons ⓘ
forced migration ⓘ
loss of property by Latter-day Saints ⓘ
issuedDuring administration of Governor Lilburn W. Boggs ⓘ
jurisdiction State of Missouri ⓘ
language English ⓘ
legalEffect authorized state militia operations against Mormons ⓘ
legalStatus rescinded ⓘ
locationSigned Missouri ⓘ
mentionedIn histories of Missouri ⓘ
histories of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints ⓘ
relatedEvent Haun's Mill massacre ⓘ
expulsion of Mormons from Jackson County, Missouri ⓘ
religiousFreedomImpact denial of free exercise of religion for Mormons in Missouri ⓘ
rescindedBy Christopher S. Bond ⓘ
Missouri Executive Order rescinding Extermination Order ⓘ
rescindedByOfficeholder Governor Christopher S. Bond ⓘ
rescissionStatement recognized as unconstitutional and unjust ⓘ
signatoryOffice Governor of Missouri ⓘ
signedBy Lilburn W. Boggs ⓘ
statedRationale Mormons as enemies and must be exterminated or driven from the state ⓘ
subjectOf Latter-day Saint historical commemorations ⓘ
scholarly articles on religious persecution in America ⓘ
targetGroup Latter-day Saints ⓘ
linked to: Latter Day Saint

Mormons ⓘ
linked to: Latter Day Saint
targetReligiousGroup Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints members ⓘ
year 1838 ⓘ

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Far West, Missouri → reasonForDecline → Missouri Executive Order 44 (Extermination Order) ⓘ
Mormon–Missouri conflict → result → Missouri Executive Order 44 ⓘ
linked to: Missouri Executive Order 44 (Extermination Order)
Mormon–Missouri conflict → legalOutcome → Missouri Executive Order 44 ⓘ
linked to: Missouri Executive Order 44 (Extermination Order)
Missouri Executive Order 44 → rescindedBy → Missouri Executive Order rescinding Extermination Order ⓘ
linked to: Missouri Executive Order 44 (Extermination Order)