Letter from Prudence Crandall, Canterbury, [Connecticut], to William Lloyd Garrison, 1833 March 19th

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Title:
Letter from Prudence Crandall, Canterbury, [Connecticut], to William Lloyd Garrison, 1833 March 19th
Description:
Prudence Crandall writes to William Lloyd Garrison about the latest meeting of Canterbury's selectmen who informed her "that the Town unanimously united in disaprobating the school I am about to establish and also they were authorized to advise me to desist from my purpose." She describes her consulation with Samuel Joseph May about the fate of her school and her decision to continue to push for its creation, asking Garrison to treat the people of Canterbury "with all the mildness possible as every thing severe tends merely to heighten the flame of malignity amongst them." Crandall cites the support she has received from May, Arthur Tappan, and William Henry Burleigh, before discussing the efforts of her neighbor, William Kinney, "to obtain scholars to commence a school for colored boys." She tells Garrison more about Kinney before stating that "He is not yet ready to let his design be made known to the publick."
Addressee:
Garrison, William Lloyd, 1805-1879
Author:
Crandall, Prudence, 1803-1890
Date:
March 19, 1833
Format:
Letters/Correspondence
Manuscripts
Location:
Boston Public Library
Rare Books Department
Collection (local):
Anti-Slavery Collection
Subjects:
Abolitionists--United States--19th century--Correspondence
African Americans--Education--United States--History--19th century
Antislavery movements--United States--History--19th century
Social reformers--United States--History--19th century
Women abolitionists--United States--History--19th century--Correspondence
Abolitionists--United States--History--19th century
African Americans--Education--History
Antislavery movements--United States
Social reformers--United States
Women abolitionists--United States
Canterbury Female Boarding School (Canterbury, Conn.)
May, Samuel J. (Samuel Joseph), 1797-1871
Tappan, Arthur, 1786-1865
Garrison, William Lloyd, 1805-1879
Burleigh, William Henry, 1812-1871
Crandall, Prudence, 1803-1890
Extent:
1 leaf (2 p.) ; 27 cm.
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Place of origin:
Canterbury, [Connecticut]
Language:
English
Notes:
Holograph, signed.
Title devised by cataloger.
Identifier:
5157386
Call #:
MS A.1.2 v.3, p.25
Barcode:
39999086045547