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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



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Record Nr.

UNINA9910716428403321

Titolo

Judgment rendered against the government by the United States district court for the Southern District of New York. Communication from the President of the United States transmitting ... judgment rendered against the government by the United States district court for the Southern District of New York ... February 1,600. February 28, 1927. -- Read ; referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed

Pubbl/distr/stampa

[Washington, D.C.] : , : [U.S. Government Printing Office], , 1927

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (3 pages)

Collana

Senate document / 69th Congress, 2nd session. Senate ; ; no. 218

[United States congressional serial set] ; ; [serial no. 8713]

Altri autori (Persone)

CoolidgeCalvin <1872-1933.>

Soggetti

Breach of contract

Defense contracts

Judgments

Actions and defenses

Cost

Legislative materials.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

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