Prudence Crandall Biography

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NAME: Prudence Crandall
OCCUPATION: Educator, Civil Rights Activist
BIRTH DATE: September 03, 1803
DEATH DATE: January 28, 1890
PLACE OF BIRTH: Hopkinton, Rhode Island
PLACE OF DEATH: Elk Falls, Kansas

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Prudence Crandall was an American schoolteacher who stirred controversy when she insisted on educating African-American girls in Canterbury, Connecticut.

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Prudence Crandall was an American schoolteacher who stirred controversy when she insisted on educating African-American girls at her school in Canterbury, Connecticut. Crandell stood trial in 1833 to defend her decision to educate African-American girls but eventually closed the school in 1834 because of the violence and public backlash against it.