Canterbury Female Boarding School
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canterbury-female-boarding-school-176-2265801
title:
Canterbury Female Boarding School
text:
The Canterbury Female Boarding School, in Canterbury, Connecticut, was operated by its founder, Prudence Crandall, from 1831 to 1834. When townspeople would not allow African-American girls to enroll, Crandall decided to turn it into a school for African-American girls only, the first such in the United States. The Connecticut legislature passed a law against it, and Crandall was arrested and spent a night in jail, bringing national publicity. Community violence forced Crandall to close the scho
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encyclopedia
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Boarding school in the United States
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canterbury_Female_Boarding_School
date created:
2019-07-22T17:46:59Z
date modified:
2024-09-03T14:03:00Z
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