Connecticut's Canterbury Tale, Its Heroine Prudence Crandall, and Its Moral for To-Day
Hartford: Plimpton Print, [1885].
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Softcover. First edition. 16mo. 16pp. Two portrait illustrations. Printed gray wrappers. Light vertical crease else very near fine. A very uncommon pamphlet retelling the story of Crandall's quiet courage a half century earlier when bigots in Canterbury, Connecticut caused Crandall to be arrested and then destroyed Crandall's small school for girls after she permitted African-American girls to enroll as pupils.
Item #394206
