The first group of settlers brought three African slaves with them, making Utah the only place in the western United States to have African slavery.Negro Slaves in Utah by Jack Beller, Utah Historical Quarterly, vol. 2, no. 4, 1929, pp. 124–126 The three slaves, Green Flake, Hark Lay, and Oscar Crosby, came west with the first group of settlers in 1847.
The first group of settlers brought three African slaves with them, making Utah the only place in the western United States to have African slavery.Negro Slaves in Utah by Jack Beller, Utah Historical Quarterly, vol 2, no. 4, 1929, pp. 124–126 The three slaves, Green Flake, Hark Lay, and Oscar Crosby, came west with the first group of settlers in 1847.