Miss Crandall made contacts throughout the northeast's free black communities to attract young black women students. They came from as far away as Boston, New York City and Philadelphia. The state responded by passing the "Black Law" which made it illegal for Crandall to operate her school. Miss Crandall was arrested, spent a night in jail, and faced three court trials. The case was dismissed in July of 1834. Two months later a mob attacked the school, forcing Crandall to close. The courage shown by Miss Crandall, our state's official heroine, features prominently in civil rights history. The "Black Law" was repealed in 1838.

The museum includes period rooms, changing exhibits, a small research library (available by {Portrait of Prudence Crandall} {Portrait of Prudence Crandall} appointment for in-house study) and a gift shop. The museum's first floor is fully accessible.

2012 Events Calendar

Additional Resources
Prudence Crandall Annotated Bibliography
Students from 1831 to 1833
Students from 1833 to 1834
Prudence Crandall's Supporters
Andrew Thompson Judson
First Trial Summary
Second Trial Summary
Third Trial Summary
Period Newspaper Sources at the Museum 
www.theliberatorfiles.com (indexed excerpts from the abolitionist newspaper The Liberator)
Sources of Crandall documents in Connecticut libraries and museums

See also “A Canterbury Tale: A Document Package for Connecticut’s Prudence Crandall Affair” created by the Gilder Lehrman Center for the Study of Slavery, Resistance & Abolition at http://www.yale.edu/glc/index.htm (follow the Classroom link).

To All On Equal Terms Book                                        To All On Equal Terms DVD
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{Crandall DVD}

The DVD and Book are available for loan to schools, please click the link below to learn more.
(To All on Equal Terms Loan Form)

Hours
May 3 - June 1, 2012:  Thursday - Sunday, 10:00 - 4:00
June 2 - November 4, 2012:  Wednesday - Sunday, 10:00 - 4:00
November 5, 2012 - April 30, 2013:  weekdays by appointment

Admission
$6 adults
$4 seniors (60 years +) and college students with ID
$4 youth (6-17)
5 and under free

Discounted admission for schools and groups by appointment.

Contact Information
Prudence Crandall Museum
1 South Canterbury Road (junctions of Routes 14 & 169)
Canterbury, CT 06331
860-546-7800
crandall.museum@ct.gov
Kazimiera Kozlowski, Curator, 860-546-7800
Karin Peterson, Museum Director, 860-256-2760 or karin.peterson@ct.gov

Friends of the Prudence Crandall Museum

Directions
The Prudence Crandall Museum is located in the northeast corner of the state at the junction of Routes 14 & 169 in Canterbury, Connecticut - approximately 1 hour east of Hartford,  20 minutes east of Willimantic, and 20 minutes north of Norwich.

The parking lot is off Route 14 behind the Museum.