Ibo Landing: The Legacy of Resisting Enslavement

In 1803 a group of enslaved Igbo people, rather than submit to bondage, walked into Dunbar Creek to their deaths, an act of defiance the Gullah Geechee preserved in the enduring legend of the 'Flying Africans.'

Ibo Landing: The Legacy of Resisting Enslavement is a historical marker in St. Simons Island, Glynn County, erected in 2022. 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 31.1844, -81.3784 near St. Simons Island. The nearest cataloged historic site is Stranger Cemetery (cemetery), about 1.6 miles away. Others within a short drive include Slave Cabin, A Man Named Wesley Passed This Way / Lovely Lane Chapel, and A Mission By The Sea / Susannah Wesley.

This record is drawn from Georgia historical-marker records. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.