Letter from Prudence Crandall, Brooklyn, [Connecticut], to William Lloyd Garrison, 18[33] June 28th

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Title:
Letter from Prudence Crandall, Brooklyn, [Connecticut], to William Lloyd Garrison, 18[33] June 28th
Description:
Prudence Crandall writes this letter to "Mr. Editor" (William Lloyd Garrison was in England at the time) and describes her arrest and imprisonment, along with her sister, Almira Crandall, "for the crime of teaching females of color who are not inhabitants of this state". Crandall says that as no one appeared "to give bonds for my appearance at court the law has had its full effect and I have been committed to the county jail in close confinement from which place I now write you." Almira Crandall, however, "was acquitted by the court, they having neglected to appoint her a guardian she being a minor." After her autograph, Crandall asks for the Liberator to be sent to Lydia Congdon, stating that she already took money for the subscription. She also adds, that "Afternoon 4 o'clock I am this moment liberated - Mr. George Benson came forward and gave bonds for me."
Addressee:
Garrison, William Lloyd, 1805-1879
Author:
Crandall, Prudence, 1803-1890
Date:
[June 28, 1833]
Format:
Letters/Correspondence
Manuscripts
Location:
Boston Public Library
Rare Books Department
Collection (local):
Anti-Slavery Collection
Subjects:
Abolitionists--United States--19th century--Correspondence
African Americans--Education--United States--History--19th century
Antislavery movements--United States--History--19th century
Social reformers--United States--History--19th century
Abolitionists--United States--History--19th century
African Americans--Education--History
Antislavery movements--United States
Social reformers--United States
Canterbury Female Boarding School (Canterbury, Conn.)
Benson, George, 1752-1836
Crandall, Almira
Crandall, Prudence, 1803-1890
Liberator (Boston, Mass. : 1831)
Extent:
1 leaf (1 p.) ; 25 cm.
Permalink:
https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/2z10zk29d
Terms of Use:
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Place of origin:
Brooklyn, [Connecticut]
Language:
English
Notes:
Holograph, signed.
Title devised by cataloger.
Notes (date):
This date is inferred.
Identifier:
5158090
Call #:
MS A.1.2 v.3, p.45
Barcode:
39999086045612