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Anne Dudley

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Excerpt about Anne Dudley, from West Virginia: A Film History (0:47)

"I'm going to Charles Town to open a school there next week. The spirit that hung John Brown still lives, and the people are strongly opposed to schools for the freed men. I go alone, but I trust the law and the Lord will shield me. —Anne Dudley

Narrator: When teacher Anne Dudley arrived in Charles Town, White residents sent her death threats. Ten federal soldiers escorted her to school the first day, but Dudley insisted on living by herself in a remote cabin.

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  • Company: West Virginia Humanities Council
  • Filmmaker: Mark Samels
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