The forbidden schoolhouse : the true and dramatic story of Prudence Crandall and her students / Suzanne Jurmain.
Material type: TextPublication details: Boston : Houghton Mifflin, 2005.Description: 150 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 24 cmISBN:- 0618473025 (lib. bdg.) :
- 370/.92 B 22
- LA2317.C73 J87 2005
Item type | Current library | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
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Hardcover | Beverly Middle School | 92 CRANDALL (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 650926 |
Includes bibliographical references (p. [138]-144) and index.
Describes the circumstances surrounding the 1833 opening of a school for African-American girls in Canterbury, Connecticut, and discusses the attitudes of the townspeople who persecuted the teacher and burned down the school.
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