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|S=The Danites were a brotherhood of church members that formed in Far West, Missouri in mid-1838. By this point in time, the Saints had experienced serious persecution, having been driven out of Kirtland by apostates, and driven out of Jackson County by mobs. It is claimed that Joseph Smith and Sidney Rigdon supported the formation of a vigilante band called the “Danites," and that the Danites were pledged to “plunder, lie, and even kill if deemed necessary."
|L1=Gospel Topics: "At the Latter-day Saint settlement of Far West, some leaders and members organized a paramilitary group known as the Danites"
|L2=Question: Did Joseph Smith and Sidney Rigdon support the formation of a vigilante band called the Danites?
|L3=Question: When was the Danite band formed and why?
|L4=Question: Is it true that the Danites were pledged to “plunder, lie, and even kill if deemed necessary?"
|L5=Question: How were the activities of the Danite band exposed?
|L6=Question: Did the Danite band persist even after they were exposed?
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{{:Question: Did Joseph Smith and Sidney Rigdon support the formation of a vigilante band called the Danites?}}
{{:Question: When was the Danite band formed and why?}}
{{:Question: Is it true that the Danites were pledged to “plunder, lie, and even kill if deemed necessary?"}}
{{:Question: How were the activities of the Danite band exposed?}}
{{:Question: Did the Danite band persist even after they were exposed?}}

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|link=Danites/Danites in anti-Mormon polemic
|subject=Danites in anti-Mormon polemic
|summary=Critics continue, as they long have, to appeal to the "Danites" in Utah as a source of Mormon power, terror, and control.
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|link=https://byustudies.byu.edu/showTitle.aspx?title=5142
|title=The Danite Band of 1838
|author=Leland H. Gentry
|vol=14
|num=4
|date=1974
|summary=The Danites made their appearance during a very troubled period in Mormon history. For this and other reasons, one finds much difficulty in isolating the many threads in order to lay bare the facts. One major purpose of this paper is to examine the Danite Band in terms of its origin, purpose, and organizational structure. A second objective is to show who was responsible for the formation and perpetuation of the movement and why.
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