A Child of the Amistad
Mystic Seaport Museum 75 Greenmanville Ave, Mystic, CT, United StatesOne of six children stolen from the shores of Africa, Margu, along with 52 others, was held captive on the schooner Amistad. During the voyage into captivity, Margu missed the rite of passage (Sande Society) into adulthood in her native Mendeland (now Sierre Leone). The nightmarish voyage through the middle passage changed Margu forever. After […]