Item #5051 A Whole-Souled Woman Prudence Crandall and the Education of Black Women. Susan STRANE.
A Whole-Souled Woman Prudence Crandall and the Education of Black Women

A Whole-Souled Woman Prudence Crandall and the Education of Black Women

New York and London: W. W. Norton, (1990). First Edition. Hardcover with Dust Jacket. 8vo. Pp. [1-3], 4-278. With an 8-page section of black-and-white photos. Notes. Bibliography. Index. Bound in khaki buckram over paper-covered boards, gilt lettering stamped on spine. Fine / Near Fine. Item #5051

Biography of the remarkable Quaker educator who, despite threats of violence, opened her private boarding school for black girls in Canterbury, CT. Includes correspondence with abolitionists William Lloyd Garrison and Arthur Tappan. A bright, fresh copy with very slight age-toning to dust jacket. Dust jacket is now preserved in a removable, clear archival sleeve.

Price: $25.00

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