Prudence Crandall’s Legacy: The Fight for Equality in the 1830s, Dred Scott, and Brown v. Board of Education

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Prudence Crandall’s Legacy A Driftless ConneCtiCut series Book This book is a 2014 selection in the Driftless Connecticut Series, for an outstanding book in any field on a Connecticut topic or written by a Connecticut author. Prudence Crandall’s Legacy The Fight for Equality in the 1830s, Dred Scott, and Brown v. Board of Education DONALD E. WILLIAMS JR. WesleyAn university Press Middletown, Connecticut Wesleyan University Press Middletown, CT 06459 www.wesleyan.edu/wespress© 2014 Donald E. Williams Jr. All rights reserved Manufactured in the United States of America Designed by Richard Hendel Typeset in Galliard and Klavika by Tseng Information Systems, Inc. Wesleyan University Press is a member of the Green Press Initiative. The paper used in this book meets theirminimum requirement for recycled paper. The Driftless Connecticut Series is funded by the Beatrice Fox Auerbach Foundation Fund at the Hartford Foundation for Public Giving. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Williams, Donald E. Prudence Crandall’s legacy: the fight for equality in the 1930s, Dred Scott, and Brown v. Board of Education / Donald E. Williams Jr. pages cm—(A Driftless Connecticut series book) Includes bibliographical references and index. isBn 978-0-8195-7470-1 (cloth: alk. paper)— isBn 978-0-8195-7471-8 (ebook) 1. Crandall, Prudence, 1803–1890. 2. Women teachers— Connecticut—Biography. 3. Women teachers—Illinois—Biography. 4. Discrimination in education—Law and legislation—Connecticut. 5. School integration—Connecticut—History. I. Title. lA2317.C73W55 2014 371.100922—dc23 [B] 2013046113 5 4 3 2 1 "Cover illustration: Francis Alexander, portrait of Prudence Crandall. Oil painting, #6953. Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library." To three women who inspire and make a difference: my wife, Laura, my daughter, Nina, and my mother, Donna ...