Young had many nicknames, among the most popular being "American Moses" (alternatively, the "Modern Moses" or "Mormon Moses"), because, like the biblical figure, Young led his followers, the Mormon pioneers, in an exodus through a desert, to what they saw as a promised land.
U-Young wayenezibongo eziningi, phakathi kokudume kakhulu kwakungu "American Moses " [1] (kungenjalo, "Modern Moses" noma "Mormon Moses"), [2] [3] ngoba, njengomuntu waseBhayibhelini, u-Young wahola abalandeli bakhe, Amaphayona amaMormon, ekuphumeni ehlane, aya kulokho abakubona njengezwe lesithembiso.