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Steal Away: The Story of a Homesteader and an Exoduster
Come to the Jan Platt Library on Sunday, March 8 at 3:00pm to witness a moving dramatization presented by writer and actress Penny Musco.

This stunning live performance weaves together historical accounts of those who sought free land by taking advantage of The Homestead Act and the significant but nearly forgotten movement of an estimated 20,000-40,000 former slaves who headed north after Reconstruction. Set in 1880, the story is told from the perspective of Priscilla, a white woman who leaves the East to homestead in the Plains with her husband and children. There she crosses paths with Abigail and her family, former slaves known as Exodusters.
Funded by the Friends of the Jan Platt Library. This program is part of the Library’s Women’s History Month celebration.
The Jan Kaminis Platt Regional Library is located at 3910 S Manhattan Ave., Tampa, Florida 33611. Please contact adult programming librarian Matthew Deihl at 813-273-3652 if you have any questions about this or other events at the Jan Platt Library. Free