When was it published?

September 2, 1835 in Morning Star

Domestic News September 2, 1835

Morning Star

Q: What keywords are associated?

Noyes Academy, Canaan Town Meeting, Academy Removal, Racial Integration, Mob Action

Limerick, York County, Maine

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What is this article about?

In Canaan, a town meeting on July 31 voted to remove Noyes Academy for admitting black and white students together. A committee and about 300 people used oxen to move the building half a mile to a swamp.

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A town meeting was held in Canaan, in this State, on the 31st July, at which a vote passed for the removal of the Noyes Academy, at which black and white persons are promiscuously received. A committee was appointed to carry the vote into execution. On Monday of last week the committee, with other inhabitants of the town and neighboring towns, to the number of about 300, assembled, with from ninety to a hundred yoke of oxen, and removed the academy to a distance of about half a mile, and left it in the midst of a swamp.

What sub-type of article is it?

Riot Or Protest Education

What keywords are associated?

Noyes Academy Canaan Town Meeting Academy Removal Racial Integration Mob Action

Where did it happen?

Canaan

Domestic News Details

Primary Location

Canaan

Event Date

31st July

Outcome

academy removed to a swamp

Event Details

A town meeting was held in Canaan, in this State, on the 31st July, at which a vote passed for the removal of the Noyes Academy, at which black and white persons are promiscuously received. A committee was appointed to carry the vote into execution. On Monday of last week the committee, with other inhabitants of the town and neighboring towns, to the number of about 300, assembled, with from ninety to a hundred yoke of oxen, and removed the academy to a distance of about half a mile, and left it in the midst of a swamp.