Julia Griffiths Crofts plaque

The public map records this plaque for Julia Griffiths Crofts. Its recorded inscription reads: Principal of the ladies college The Cross, St Neots 1877-1895 Campaigner in anti-slavery movement in America in the 1840s and 50s & supporter of F. Douglass, escaped slave and anti-slave orator, who she invited to speak at St Neots Corn Exchange in 1886

Julia Griffiths Crofts was a significant figure in the anti-slavery movement, campaigning in America during the 1840s and 50s and supporting Frederick Douglass. She later became the principal of The Cross Ladies College in St Neots from 1877 to 1895, furthering education for women.