The extermination order was not formally rescinded until 1976.
But they never faced a written extermination order.
The Extermination Order was not formally rescinded until 1976.
Governor Boggs defends his Extermination Order in the state legislature.
Clark issued "an extermination order", which he gave to Lewis Cass, a man who played a central role in Jackson's removal policy.
The legality of Boggs' "Extermination Order" was debated in the legislature, but its objectives were achieved.
Text of both the Extermination Order and Bond's Executive Order.
This so-called "extermination order" commanded that the Mormons must be "exterminated, or driven from the state," and directed the militia to carry this into effect.
Tens of thousands of Herero men, women and children fell victim to von Trotha's infamous extermination order.
Soon after the "Extermination Order" was issued, vigilantes attacked an outlying Mormon settlement and killed seventeen people.
