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Taken from Africa as a boy aboard the Wanderer, Cilucangy, renamed Ward Lee, never forgot home. Decades later he printed a public plea begging for help to return and even rebuilt his village chief's straw house from memory, but died without ever sailing back.
<i>The Wanderer</i> — Cilucangy: Ward Lee 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> — What Happened to the Survivors: Their Stories (historical marker), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include <i>The Wanderer</i> — Timeline, <i>The Wanderer</i> — Built For Speed, 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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