- Collection:
- New Georgia Encyclopedia
- Title:
- Wanderer
- Creator:
- Rohrer, Katherine E.
- Date of Original:
- 2010-06-18
- Subject:
- Slave trade--Georgia--History
Wanderer (Schooner)
Slave ships - Location:
- United States, Georgia, 32.75042, -83.50018
- Medium:
- articles
- Type:
- Text
- Description:
- Encyclopedia article about the Wanderer, the last ship to bring enslaved people from Africa to Georgia and one of the last ships to smuggle bondsmen to American soil. On November 28, 1858, the Wanderer arrived at Jekyll Island, where its crew smuggled ashore 409 West African captives.
GSE identifier: SS8H5 - Metadata URL:
- https://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/history-archaeology/wanderer/
- Language:
- eng
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- Original Collection:
- Forms part of the New Georgia Encyclopedia
- Holding Institution:
- New Georgia Encyclopedia (Project)
- Rights:
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