Prudence Crandall

The March 2, 1833 Liberator, includes this notice regarding Crandall.   Prudence Crandall, Principal of the Canterbury (Connecticut) Female Boarding School,  “Returns her most sincere thanks to those who have patronized her School, and would give information that on the first Monday of April next, her School will be opened for the reception of young Ladies and little Misses of color. ”   Listed among the name from whom readers might get information are Arthur Tappan,  Samuel Cornish, Rev. George Bourne, James Forten, Joseph Cassey, Rev. Samuel J. May,  William Lloyd Garrison,  Arnold Buffum, and George Benson.

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