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Prudence Crandall is born!
Prudence Crandall is born to Pardon and Esther Carpenter Crandall. -
The Canterbury Female Boarding school opens!
Prudence officially opened The Canterbury Female Boarding school in her home, Canterbury Connecticut. -
Sarah Harris requests to join Miss Crandalls school
Sarah Harris, a colored friend of her black maid Mariah, approahes me and requests to join Prudence's school without being a boarder. -
Sarah is educated!
Sarah Harris begins her education at TCFBS. -
Miss Crandall writes to William Lloyd Garrison
Prudence writed a letter to the editor of abolitionist column "Liberator" William Llyod Garrison. She asks if he thinks she should close her current school for white girls and open a boarding school for black girls. She feels she needs to do something about segregation. -
Prudence visits Mr. Garrison
Prudence gets to town to discuss her idea with William Lloyd Garrison. -
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Prominent figures try to change Prudence's mind
Prominent men gather and plot the schools destruction. The next morning, they visit Prudence and try to change her mind using threats, but their plan fails. Mr. Frost, Mr. Adams, and Dr. Harris visit the schoolhouse again to reason with Prudence without threatening her, but Miss Crandall stands her ground. -
Prudence places an ad for her school
Prudence Crandall puts an ad in the "Liberator" advertising for her new school. -
Samuel May offers to help Prudence
Samuel Joseph May, a friend of Prudence, writes to her offering to help with the new school as soon as he hears about it. -
Prudence asks Samuel May to ber her attorney
Prudence Crandall requests of Samuel May that he be her attorney, and he agrees. -
The Conneticut Black Law is passed
Powerful anti-blacks finally get a new law passed preventing blacks from out-of-state from going to school in Connecticut. -
Prudence is arrested
A sheriff comes to Prudence Crandall's door with a warrant to arrest her. As planned, nobody pays her bail until afternoon the next day. The time was enough to cause an uproar in the town. -
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Insults always
From the day the new school officially opened, Prudence and her students were abused whenever possible. People threw stones, sticks and manure at them when they were walking down the street. Once someone dumped manure down their well, and nobody would ever sell them anything. At the beginning of the new year, somebody set the schoolhouse on fire. It was terrible, but we remained head-strong. -
Calvin Philleo proposed!
Calvin Philleo, a local Baptist minister, proposed to Prudence, and she said yes! She was in love! -
Prudence and Calvin are married!
Prudence Crandall gets married to Calvin Philleo! -
Prudence is innocent!
After many trials and juries, the Supreme Court of Errors decides that Prudence Crandall is not guilty and that The Connecticut Black Law must be terminated because it is unconstitional! -
ATTACKED!
An angry mob attacks the schoolhouse; windows are smashed, furniture was destroyed, walls were ripped, it was terrible. The next morning William and Prudence decided it was best to just sell the school. Boo-hoo! -
Prudence leaves Calvin
Calvin goes mentally crazy, and Prudence leaves, but occaisionally returns to nurse him. -
Calvin dies
Calvin Philleo finally passes away. -
Prudence dies
Prudence Crandall finally rests in peace.
