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The forbidden schoolhouse : the true and dramatic story of Prudence Crandall and her students. /

They threw rocks and rotten eggs at the school windows. Villagers refused to sell Miss Crandall groceries or let her students attend the town church. Mysteriously, her schoolhouse was set on fire-by whom and how remains a mystery. The town authorities dragged her to jail and put her on trial for bre...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Jurmain, Suzanne
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Boston : Houghton Mifflin, 2005.
Subjects:
Crandall, Prudence, > 1803-1890 > Juvenile literature.
Women educators > Connecticut > Biography > Juvenile literature.
African American women > Education > Connecticut > History > Juvenile literature.

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