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Prudence Crandall

Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/Prudence-Crandall.mp3 Author Rita Smith Air Date 9/3/2002 Prudence Crandall Transcript Prudence Crandall was a woman who possessed the ability to discern something coming to an end and the seeds of a new beginning. In 1831, the leading citizens of Plainfield, Connecticut, were overjoyed when Crandall, a young Quaker school teacher, […]