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Category : Monroe County (Pa.)
Languages : en
Pages : 1014
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Commemorative Biographical Record of Northeastern Pennsylvania
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Category : Monroe County (Pa.)
Languages : en
Pages : 1014
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Category : Monroe County (Pa.)
Languages : en
Pages : 1014
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COMMEMORATIVE BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD OF NORTHEASTERN PENNSYLVANIA
Author: J. H. BEERS AND. COMPANY
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ISBN: 9781527823211
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Languages : en
Pages : 0
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ISBN: 9781527823211
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 0
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Commemorative Biographical Record of Northeastern Pennsylvania
Author: Higginson Book Company
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ISBN: 9780832863790
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Languages : en
Pages : 1852
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ISBN: 9780832863790
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 1852
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Official Documents, Comprising the Department and Other Reports Made to the Governor, Senate, and House of Representatives of Pennsylvania
Author: Pennsylvania
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Category : Legislative journals
Languages : en
Pages : 1532
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Category : Legislative journals
Languages : en
Pages : 1532
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Prudence Crandall's Legacy
Author: Donald E. Williams
Publisher: Wesleyan University Press
ISBN: 0819574716
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 495
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The “compelling and lively” story of a pioneering abolitionist schoolteacher and her far-reaching influence on civil rights and American law (Richard S. Newman, author of Freedom’s Prophet). When Prudence Crandall, a Canterbury, Connecticut schoolteacher, accepted a black woman as a student, she unleashed a storm of controversy that catapulted her to national notoriety, and drew the attention of the most significant pro- and anti-slavery activists of the early nineteenth century. The Connecticut state legislature passed its infamous Black Law in an attempt to close down her school. Crandall was arrested and jailed—but her legal legacy had a lasting impact. Crandall v. State was the first full-throated civil rights case in U.S. history. The arguments by attorneys in Crandall played a role in two of the most fateful Supreme Court decisions, Dred Scott v. Sandford, and the landmark case of Brown v. Board of Education. In this book, author and lawyer Donald E. Williams Jr. marshals a wealth of detail concerning the life and work of Prudence Crandall, her unique role in the fight for civil rights, and her influence on legal arguments for equality in America that, in the words of Brown v. Board attorney Jack Greenberg, “serves to remind us once more about how close in time America is to the darkest days of our history.” “The book offers substantive and well-rounded portraits of abolitionists, colonizationists, and opponents of black equality―portraits that really dig beneath the surface to explain the individuals’ motivations, weaknesses, politics, and life paths.” ―The New England Quarterly “Taking readers from Connecticut schoolrooms to the highest court in the land, [Williams] gives us heroes and villains, triumph and tragedy, equity and injustice on the rough road to full freedom.” —Richard S. Newman, author of Freedom’s Prophet
Publisher: Wesleyan University Press
ISBN: 0819574716
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 495
Book Description
The “compelling and lively” story of a pioneering abolitionist schoolteacher and her far-reaching influence on civil rights and American law (Richard S. Newman, author of Freedom’s Prophet). When Prudence Crandall, a Canterbury, Connecticut schoolteacher, accepted a black woman as a student, she unleashed a storm of controversy that catapulted her to national notoriety, and drew the attention of the most significant pro- and anti-slavery activists of the early nineteenth century. The Connecticut state legislature passed its infamous Black Law in an attempt to close down her school. Crandall was arrested and jailed—but her legal legacy had a lasting impact. Crandall v. State was the first full-throated civil rights case in U.S. history. The arguments by attorneys in Crandall played a role in two of the most fateful Supreme Court decisions, Dred Scott v. Sandford, and the landmark case of Brown v. Board of Education. In this book, author and lawyer Donald E. Williams Jr. marshals a wealth of detail concerning the life and work of Prudence Crandall, her unique role in the fight for civil rights, and her influence on legal arguments for equality in America that, in the words of Brown v. Board attorney Jack Greenberg, “serves to remind us once more about how close in time America is to the darkest days of our history.” “The book offers substantive and well-rounded portraits of abolitionists, colonizationists, and opponents of black equality―portraits that really dig beneath the surface to explain the individuals’ motivations, weaknesses, politics, and life paths.” ―The New England Quarterly “Taking readers from Connecticut schoolrooms to the highest court in the land, [Williams] gives us heroes and villains, triumph and tragedy, equity and injustice on the rough road to full freedom.” —Richard S. Newman, author of Freedom’s Prophet
The National Union Catalog, Pre-1956 Imprints
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Category : Union catalogs
Languages : en
Pages : 618
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Category : Union catalogs
Languages : en
Pages : 618
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Biographical Dictionaries and Related Works: Universal biography ; National or area biography
Author: Robert B. Slocum
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Category : Biography
Languages : en
Pages : 552
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Category : Biography
Languages : en
Pages : 552
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Report of the State Librarian
Author: Pennsylvania State Library
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Category : Pennsylvania
Languages : en
Pages : 446
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Includes catalogs of accessions and special bibliographical supplements.
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Category : Pennsylvania
Languages : en
Pages : 446
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Includes catalogs of accessions and special bibliographical supplements.
Annual Report
Author: Pennsylvania State Library
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Category : Pennsylvania
Languages : en
Pages : 442
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Category : Pennsylvania
Languages : en
Pages : 442
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Report of the State Librarian and Director of Museum of Pennsylvania
Author: Pennsylvania State Library and Museum (Harrisburg)
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 446
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Publisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 446
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