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Title
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Prudence Crandall, Marker
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Biographical Text
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Backside of a marker describing the history of the town of Canterbury as well as Crandall’s contributions to the town’s legacy. Historical marker with a blue background and raised white letter. A seal of the state of Connecticut is at the top.
The marker is located near Canterbury Green, where Crandall’s school was located and today stands as a museum.
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Text
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STATE OF CONNECTICUT
CANTERBURY
(Continued from other side)
General Moses Cleaveland, lawyer, veteran of
the Revolutionary War and founder of
Cleveland, Ohio, in the Western
Reserve, was born in Canterbury on January 29,
1754, and died here November 16, 1806.
In 1831, Miss Prudence Crandall of South
Canterbury, Quaker school teacher opened a
boarding school for young ladies here at
Canterbury Green, in the house built by Elisha
Paine in 1792. Because she accepted a black
girl as a day student she became a victim of
the prejudice, bigotry, and snobbery of
puritan intolerance which prevailed on
Canterbury Green at the time. With the
courage of her convictions she established
the first school for black girls in the State
of Connecticut in April, 1833.
Erected by the Town of Canterbury
the Canterbury American Revolution
Bicentennial Commission
the Canterbury Historical Society
and the Connecticut Historical Commission
1976
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Date Created
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1976
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Type
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English
Signage
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Project Researcher
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Bysterbusch, Hailey
