White Male Supporters of the Canterbury Female Academy

White male supporters of the Canterbury Female Academy ranged from then-obscure but now-famous Abolitionists to future governors of Connecticut, from neighbors and decent men in Canterbury to college students. These white men were in the forefront of understanding a different America, the first white men to live in an inclusive way that welcomed the presence of those different from themselves. In other words, these were pioneers of a non-defense embrace of diversity.