Sarah Margru Kinson

Sarah Margru Kinson
An illustration depicting a young Black woman wearing a plaid or checked blouse with a tie collar
Sarah Margru Kinson, from an 1850 publication
Born
Margru or Mar'gru

about 1832
Mende country, West Africa
Diedafter 1854
OccupationEducator

Sarah Margru Kinson (about 1832 – after 1854) was a West African educator. As Margru or Mar'gru, she was one of the four children on La Amistad. As Sarah Kinson, she was educated at Oberlin College and returned to West Africa to be a missionary teacher. She is considered the first woman born in Africa to be educated in an American college.[1][2]

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  2. ^ Lamphier, Peg A.; Welch, Rosanne (2017-01-23). Women in American History [4 volumes]: A Social, Political, and Cultural Encyclopedia and Document Collection [4 volumes]. Bloomsbury Publishing USA. p. 102. ISBN 978-1-61069-603-6.