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__**Objectives:**__ I, Prudence Crandall, am dedicated to establish a learning facility in Canterbury, Connecticut in which there is no opposition to having an integrated classroom. After having admitted an African American student into my previous facility and ultimately causing a riot throughout the community I am determined to have the residents learn to accept integration in schools with a positive attitude that every race and color are equal to each other.

__**Accomplishments/Education:**__ I was born into a family with a strong Quaker background. Since I was young I have always known that good instruction is important. Growing up I attended Friends' Boarding School in Providence, Rhode Island as well the New England Yearly Meeting School where I received a superior education. I taught at schools in Linsbury and Plainfield, Connecticut before returning to Canterbury to educate. It was not until 1831 that I, with the help of the town fathers, opened the Canterbury Female Seminary. The educational institution was very prosperous until I admitted Sarah Harris into the classroom. The parents of my white students were offended by this decision and threatened to withdraw their children from class. Having a firm belief that all races deserve an equal chance at education I closed the Canterbury Female Seminary and later reopened it as an integrated classroom. Riots were quick to form and I received much harassment due to my actions and was forced to close they educational institution in fear of attacks.

__**References:**__ William Lloyd Garrison- He was a Boston abolitionist who I conferred with often for advice on my work. Garrison was the editor of the //Liberator//, one of the first anti-slavery magazines. Through his counseling I made the decision to close the Canterbury Female Seminary and in later time re open it as an school for "young ladies and little misses of color". __Samuel J. May-__ He worked strongly as a civil rights activists for blacks, emancipation and voting for women, and just rights for workers. After being arrested for violating the newly passed "Black Law", which prohibited schools from educating out-of-state African Americans, May fought on behalf of my freedom. He is known for saying, "I felt ashamed of Canterbury, ashamed of Connecticut, ashamed of my country, ashamed of my color."

"Prudence Crandall Biography - Biography.com." //Biography.com//. N.p., n.d. Web. 24 Feb. 2010. .
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"Prudence Crandall was born in Rhode Island on 3rd September, 1803. After being educated at a Society of Friends school in Plainfield, Connecticut, Crandall established her own private academy for girls at Canterbury. ." //Spartacus Educational - Home Page//. N.p., n.d. Web. 24 Feb. 2010. .

"Prudence Crandall: Biography from Answers.com." //Answers.com: Wiki Q&A combined with free online dictionary, thesaurus, and encyclopedias//. N.p., n.d. Web. 24 Feb. 2010. .

"Samuel Joseph May." //UUA Server for Other Organizations' Web Sites//. N.p., n.d. Web. 24 Feb. 2010. .