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A Comprehensive History of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter day Saints Volume 4

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Brigham Henry Roberts (1857-1933) was a Mormon leader, historian, and politician who published the A Comprehensive History of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints 6 Volume Set plus Index (Box Set (of which this is the first volume), as well as other books (such as The Mormon Doctrine of Deity (Signature Mormon Classics, No 3.)). He was denied a seat as a member of United States Congress because of his practice of plural marriage. This 6-volume series was originally published between 1909-1915, and revised by Roberts in 1930; the fifth volume is A Comprehensive History of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints: Volume 5.

Here are some quotations from the book:

(Brigham Young) "My own feelings are that no property can or should be recognized as existing in slaves, either Indian or African." (Pg. 38)
"Moreover, the record of these missionary movements should correct a false impression respecting the missionary work of the Church of the Latter-day Saints. It is quite commonly supposed that the only missionary work done by said church is that of proselyting from Christian sects; that it attempts no original conversions from so-called heathen peoples. The enumeration of its missionary labors... should be successful refutation of this false charge." (Pg. 76)
"It should be noted... that in the individual cases of 'blood atonement' charged, the allegations rest upon the world of men who are themselves self-confessed murderers and outlaw desperadoes; or else the charge rests upon the word of anonymous writers; or the cases specified are not such as fall under the category of so-called 'blood atonement.'" (Pg. 133)
"The writer recognizes (the Mountain Meadows Massacre) as the most difficult of all the many subjects with which he has to deal in this History." (Pg. 139)
"Should any of the (Mountain Meadows) emigrants escape... to California, in the then excited state of mind towards the 'Mormons,' the likelihood would be that a military force would soon be moving upon them... This is not said by way of palliation for the crime of the massacre which followed, but is mentioned as one of the important facts of the tragedy, and as one of the contributing causes, doubtless, to the decision arrived at that all of the emigrants should be killed..." (Pg. 153-154)
"...there has existed a persistent belief among anti-'Mormon' writers that (Springville homicides) represented cases of 'blood atonement,' or 'killings ordered by church authorities.' Such evidence as is cited in the case is purely circumstantial, or rests upon the testimony of very questionable characters, who themselves were implicated in the murders." (Pg. 494-495)