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Before dawn on November 28, 1858, a hired pilot slipped the Wanderer over treacherous sandbars to Jekyll Island, where roughly 409 surviving Africans were landed and scattered into hiding. Though authorities seized the ship, every conspirator was acquitted by 1860.
<i>The Wanderer</i> — Arrival 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 31.0214, -81.4340 near Jekyll Island. The nearest cataloged historic site is <i>The Wanderer</i> — Built For Speed (historical marker), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include <i>The Wanderer</i> — Cilucangy: Ward Lee, <i>The Wanderer</i> — What Happened to the Survivors: Their Stories, and <i>The Wanderer</i> — Timeline: Continued.
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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