1803-1890

A new edition of the historical novel of the Quaker teacher who in 1833 opened a school for African-American women and girls.

Chronicles the life and struggles of Prudence Crandall who, in the 1830s closed her all-white boarding school for girls in Canterbury, Connecticut, and began admitting African-American students; and describes the intense opposition from the townspeople.

Poems tell the story of nineteenth-century teacher Prudence Crandall and the students she taught at her Canterbury, Connecticut, school for African-American girls before persecution forced its closing.

Provides a brief biography of Prudence Crandall, discussing how she opened one of the first schools for African-American girls.