American crucifixion: the murder of Joseph Smith and the fate of the Mormon church

Flight

Part 1. "In Illinois we've found a safe retreat

". King Joseph ; Zion, Illinois ; Everybody hates the Mormons ; Polygamy and its discontents

Part 2. "Oh! Illinois! thy soil has drank the blood / Of prophets martyr'd for the truth of God." "The perversion of sacred things" ; "Crucify him! Crucify him!" ; Enter Pontius Pilate ; Surrender ; "The people are not that cruel" ; Joseph's homecoming ; Trial by jury

Part 3. "Let us go to the far western shore / Where the blood-thirsty 'christians' will hunt us no more." Aftermath ; This world and the next.