In another case counsel was appointed to defend
some caterpillars who had drawn upon themselves the vengeance of
the law; but the ingenious arguments of their advocate availed
nothing, and the caterpillars fell under the censure of a
spiritual Court, who ordered adjuration, prayers, and sprinkling
of holy water.
_Salem Observer_, May 9, 1829.
A very full and interesting account of this subject can be found in a
recent number of the "Popular Science Monthly."
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Arrest in Connecticut for teaching colored children.
CONNECTICUT BARBARISM. We have been permitted to read a letter
from Miss Prudence Crandall, who is actually confined in jail in
the town of Brooklyn, Conn., for teaching colored misses to read
and write!
The letter from Miss Crandall is dated "BROOKLYN JAIL, CLOSE
CONFINEMENT, June 28, 1833." Miss Crandall simply relates that
she was arrested on the 27th, with her sister, by Mr. Cady, the
Sheriff of the County, and examined before Justice Rufus Adams.
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