Noyes Academy

Noyes Academy was an interracial school founded by New England abolitionists in 1835 in Canaan, New Hampshire, United States. The school was unpopular with many local residents, who opposed having blacks in the town. After some months, several hundred white men of Canaan and neighboring towns demolished the academy. They replaced it with Canaan Union Academy, restricted to whites, which operated for 20 years.

Noyes Academy

Noyes Academy was an interracial school founded by New England abolitionists in 1835 in Canaan, New Hampshire, United States. The school was unpopular with many local residents, who opposed having blacks in the town. After some months, several hundred white men of Canaan and neighboring towns demolished the academy. They replaced it with Canaan Union Academy, restricted to whites, which operated for 20 years.