Event date: March 7, 2026
Event Time: 12:30 PM – 01:30 PM
Location:
1 Tunxis Ave.
Bloomfield, CT 06002-0337
Description:
As part of our Women’s History Month and America 250 CT programming, we will watch a live performance of Sarah Margu: 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. After gaining her freedom, Margu would go on to become the first African to graduate from college in America at Oberlin College. Actor Tammy Denease will portray Sarah Margu’s poignant voyage from childhood denial to adult autonomy. This program is presented in partnership with CT Humanities.
Tammy Denease is the Executive Artistic Director of the Hidden Women Stage Company, where she writes, directs, and produces plays about Black women hidden in history. In her position as a museum educator, Tammy instructs children through stories of colonial history, health, medicine, slavery, and Native history. When Tammy is not teaching, she is the Outreach Director for the Connecticut Freedom Trail.