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1) Surrounded: America's first school for Black girls, 1832

Author

Lupano, Wilfrid, 1971-

Language

English

Description

In 1832, in Canterbury, Connecticut, a " charming and picturesque" little school for young girls opens to accommodate around twenty residents. Educating girls is a bit ridiculous and useless, they think in the area, but harmless enough. Until the day, when the "charming school" led by Prudence Crandall, announces that it will now welcome Black girls... . Thirty years before the abolition of slavery, some fifteen young people in the Crandall school...

2) Heroes for All Time: Connecticut Civil War Soldiers Tell Their Stories

Author

Longley, Dione

Series

Garnet books

Language

English

Description

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Compelling first-hand accounts of the war, lavishly illustrated with rare period photos. Voices of Civil War soldiers rise from the pages of Heroes for All Time. This book presents the war straight from the minds and pens of its participants; rich passages from soldiers' letters and diaries complement hundreds of outstanding period photographs, most previously unpublished. The soldiers' moving experiences, thoughts, and images animate each chapter....

3) The taxing case of the cows: a true story about suffrage

Author

Van Rynbach, Iris

Language

English

Description

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In the 1800s, Abby and Julia Smith refused to pay an unfair property tax that they had no voice in establishing. When the authorities confiscated their cows, the Smiths bought them back at auction, year after year, attracting the attention of women's suffrage supporters across the country.