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Survivors of the Wanderer, prized for their farming skills, were forced into the cotton and rice fields of the coastal South. The exhibit recalls how West Africa's centuries-old rice knowledge was exploited to enrich the planters who held them in bondage.
A Life of Slavery is a historical marker in Jekyll Island, Glynn County. It is one of 121 historical markers documented in Glynn County, among 181 historic sites cataloged across the county on Georgia Roam.
The site sits at 31.0223, -81.4344 near Jekyll Island. The nearest cataloged historic site is Food (historical marker), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include Memories of Home, Taken From Africa, and <i>Wanderer</i> Memory Trail.
This record is drawn from Georgia historical-marker records. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.
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