Prudence Crandall was a very well known black children rights activist. We all know about her, but why not dive deeper?! Here are 5 facts on Prudence Crandall!
1. Her brother Reuben Crandall was arrested for murdering 3 children in her school! He was jealous of her success, He couldn’t find himself a wife nor anyone to be there for him!
2. Prudence Crandall’s school was made of marble! Some say that Prudence had robbed a bank for money! Others believe she ran a side business, selling plastic chairs!
3. Prudence lived in the math classroom in her school. Prudence has spend (or wasted) all her money, buying the Elisha Payne house. It was 33,000 dollars. She didn’t have the money for a house as we
4. Prudence Crandall taught all her gifted children how to play oboe. She knew that the gifted had more room in their brain to learn, and she also loved to play the oboe.
5. Prudence Crandall installed a cafeteria in her school. She did this because as many of her students didn’t know how to cook, she did for them.
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