Prudence Crandall

Prudence Crandall (HMTDU)

Location: Hartford, CT 06103 Hartford County
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Country: United States of America
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N 41° 45.954', W 72° 40.375'

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Prudence Crandall
Where You Are Standing
on May 24, 1833
The Connecticut General Assembly passes the Black Law expressly forbidding Prudence Crandall from recruiting African-American women for her school in Canterbury. Prudence refuses to obey the Black Law and is arrested and jailed. Her case is taken up by the Abolition Movement to attract nationwide attention to the injustices of slavery and prejudice. After almost two years of legal struggles and harassment of her students, Prudence's conviction is overturned by the Connecticut Supreme Court meeting in this place, and in 1838 the Black Law is repealed here. Even so, Prudence is forced to close her school for fear of her student's safety. Towards the end of her life, the General Assembly meeting here awards Prudence a pension to compensate her for the injustices done to her.

Prudence Crandall sculpture by Randy Nelson, 1996
Made possible by a grant from The Hartford Courant Foundation
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Year Placed1996
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Date Added Tuesday, October 14th, 2014 at 3:15pm PDT -07:00
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UTM (WGS84 Datum)18T E 693434 N 4626402
Decimal Degrees41.76590000, -72.67291667
Degrees and Decimal MinutesN 41° 45.954', W 72° 40.375'
Degrees, Minutes and Seconds41° 45' 57.24" N, 72° 40' 22.50" W
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Area Code(s)860, 203
Closest Postal AddressAt or near 3301-3367 Lancaster Pike, Hartford CT 06103, US
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