Sarah Harris "a young woman of color, respectable, a teacher of religion and daughter of honorable parents," was born in 1812 in Norwich, Connecticut. Sarah dreamed of opening  her own school for African-American children.  To fulfill that ambition she required additional education.  Sarah approached Prudence about accepting her as a day student at the Canterbury Female Boarding School.  This took an act of immense courage, to request an education alongside the daughters of wealthy white citizens.
 
Hear the rationale of one woman's hopes and aspirations.