
A white mob destroys the Noyes Academy - August 10th, 1835
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The History of the Noise Academy
The Noise Academy was an early experiment in interracial co-education. The school's founders included its namesake Samuel Noise and other open-minded residents of Canaan, New Hampshire. Over the next several days, the mob proceeded to drag the building more than half a mile down the road, eventually leaving it in a swamp just outside the town of Canaan.
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