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Record Nr.

UNINA9910464884703321

Autore

Wasserman Marni

Titolo

Prudence Crandall's legacy : the fight for equality in the 1830s, Dred Scott, and Brown V. Board of Education / / Donald E. Williams ; designed by Richard Hendel

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Middletown, Connecticut : , : Wesleyan University Press, , 2014

©2014

ISBN

0-8195-7471-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (495 p.)

Collana

Driftless Connecticut Series Books

Disciplina

371.100922

Soggetti

Women teachers - Connecticut

Women teachers - Illinois

Discrimination in education - Law and legislation - Connecticut

School integration - Connecticut - History

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes index.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Prudence Crandall's Legacy; Title; Copyright; Dedication; CONTENTS; Preface; 1 Fire in the Night Sky; 2 Liberators; 3 Education for All; 4 A Mountain of Prejudice; 5 The Black Law; 6 Sanctuary Denied; Illustration; 7 On Trial; 8 Judge Daggett's Decision; 9 Romantic Revolutionaries; 10 Race Riots; 11 Appeal for Equality; 12 The End of the Beginning; 13 Family Trials and Tragedies; 14 Dred Scott and the Winds of Change; 15 The Civil War; 16 Reunions and Farewells; 17 Pursuit of Justice; 18 Prudence Crandall in the Twentieth Century; Epilogue; Notes; Illustration Credits; Index

ABOUT THE AUTHOR ABOUT THE DRIFTLESS CONNECTICUT SERIES

Sommario/riassunto

Compelling account of the abolitionist's life, legal battles, and legacy