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In celebration of Juneteenth, join the Simsbury Public Library and Simsbury Senior Center for a performance from Hidden Women Stage Company!
Sarah Margu- A Child of the Amistad
One of six children stolen from the shores of Africa , Margu along with 52 others would be held captive on the schooner
Amistad. During the voyage into captivity Margu would miss the rite of passage (Sande Society) into adulthood in her native Mendeland (now Sierra Leone). The nightmarish voyage through the middle passage will change Margu forever.
After gaining her freedom, Margu would go on to become the first African to graduate from college in America (Oberlin
College, Ohio).
Tammy Denease is a local actor, director, and historian who brings to life the stories of “hidden” women throughout history. She will present a one woman performance of the story of Sarah Margu. At only 9 years old, Margu was taken from her home in Sierra Leone by slave traders and brought to America aboard the Amistad. Learn how Margru and others forced aboard the Amistad won the freedom and how she went on to become the first African person to graduate from college.