Abolitionists of Noyes Academy

Prominent abolitionists Henry Highland Garnet (left) and Alexander Crummell (right) attended Canaan’s Noyes Academy, an integrated school destroyed by a mob in 1835. Former Valley News reporter Dan Billin presents an illustrated lecture on the controversial school.

Sunday July 28, 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm at the Canaan Meetinghouse on the corner of Canaan Street and Roberts Road.
This program made possible by the New Hampshire Humanities to Go Program. Co-hosted by the Canaan Town Library and the Canaan Historical Society.

For more information, call the library at 603-523-9650.  This is a free event.

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