2021 Project - Tamar

Tamar: Biographical details

Born ca. 1744 in Guinea, Africa

Taken from Africa (date unknown)

Enslaved in East Guilford (now Madison), Connecticut

Emancipated in 1791

Mother of at least one daughter, Lettuce

Grandmother of as many as seven children

Wife of Prim

Died in July 1816, age 72

***TCS students were able to determine these details by researching original town records.