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In 1858, decades after the slave trade was outlawed, the yacht Wanderer illegally landed over 400 captive Africans on Jekyll Island, an audacious crime whose survivors' stories the island's memory trail now tells.
Historical Marker
Taken From Africa
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About this site
Taken From Africa 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 31.0216, -81.4340 near Jekyll Island. The nearest cataloged historic site is <i>Wanderer</i> Memory Trail (historical marker), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include <i>The Wanderer</i> — Timeline: Continued, <i>The Wanderer</i> — Timeline, and <i>The Wanderer</i> — Cilucangy: Ward Lee.
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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