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Prudence Crandall's legacy : the fight for equality in the 1830s, Dred Scott, and Brown v. Board of Education / Donald E. Williams Jr.
Van Pelt Library LA2317.C73 W55 2014
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Williams, Donald E., Jr., 1957- author.
- Series:
- Driftless Connecticut series
- A driftless Connecticut series book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Crandall, Prudence, 1803-1890.
- Crandall, Prudence.
- Women teachers--Connecticut--Biography.
- Women teachers.
- Women teachers--Illinois--Biography.
- Discrimination in education--Law and legislation--Connecticut.
- Discrimination in education.
- School integration--Connecticut--History.
- School integration.
- History.
- Discrimination in education--Law and legislation.
- Connecticut.
- Illinois.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- Physical Description:
- xiv, 450 pages, 24 unnumbered pages of plates ; 24 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Middletown, Connecticut : Wesleyan University Press, [2014]
- Contents:
- 1 Fire in the Night Sky 1
- 2 Liberators 22
- 3 Education for Ail 44
- 4 A Mountain of Prejudice 65
- 5 The Black Law 81
- 6 Sanctuary Denied 98
- 7 On Trial 113
- 8 Judge Daggett's Decision 131
- 9 Romantic Revolutionaries 148
- 10 Race Riots 167
- 11 Appeal for Equality 191
- 12 The End of the Beginning 211
- 13 Family Trials and Tragedies 226
- 14 Dred Scott and the Winds of Change 245
- 15 The Civil War 268
- 16 Reunions and Farewells 285
- 17 Pursuit of Justice 307
- 18 Prudence Crandall in the Twentieth Century 330.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780819574701
- 0819574708
- OCLC:
- 862788157
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