
Mare Winningham
Prudence Crandall

“She risked her life, her love and her freedom for what she believed in.”
Overview
Prudence Crandall establishes herself in Cantenbury, and starts a girls-school. When Eliza Harris, a black girl, wants to take lessons at this school, the local people resist and forbid their daughters to go to the school any longer. William Lloyd Garrison, writer of The Liberator, helps Prudence to turn her school to a black girls-school.
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Release Date
April 15, 1991
Runtime
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Rating
8.0 / 10
Votes
3
Budget
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Revenue
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Status
Released
Popularity
1.9
The Swinging Light
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Prudence Crandall

Eliza Hammond
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Catherine Ann

Sarah Harris
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Charles

William Harris

William Lloyd Garrison
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Parker Elsworth

Andrew Gibson

Dr. Rufus Adams

Frederick Olney

Daniel Frost
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