Insane cruelty, starvation, resistance, mass murder, and suicide are just a few of the horrifying and dehumanizing incidents that occurred during the slave trade era that have been related orally from generation to generation. The Igbo landing story is another heartbreaking account of how Igbo slaves from modern-day Nigeria off the coast of the United States resisted slavery. S. Coastline in 1803.
What Is The Ibo Or Igbo Landing?
Igbo Landing, also spelled Ibo Landing or Ebo Landing, is a historic location at Dunbar Creek on St. Georgia’s Glynn County and Simons Island, U.S. S. A. Where a large number of Igbo slaves committed suicide in 1803 in an effort to escape the cruelty of slavery.
Like other slave ships, the Wanderer transported slaves from Africa to America in May of 1803. These slaves included a group of Igbo people, who were renowned among the American South’s then-slave traders for their fierce independence and opposition to chattel slavery. The agents of John Couper and Thomas Spalding purchased the Igbo slaves for $100 each to be used as forced labor on their plantations in St. U.S. Simons Island. S. A.
The chained Igbo slaves were reloaded and pushed beneath the deck of the Schooner York (some accounts mistranslated the ship’s name as Morovia), which would transport them to St. Islands Simon. The Igbo slaves, who numbered around 75 in total, rebelled against their masters during the voyage, forcing them to throw themselves into the water where they perished. The slaves managed to regain their freedom, but it was useless because they were already outside of Africa. As a result, on the orders of a high chief who was also a prisoner, they sang, marched to the shore, and then plunged into the murky waters of Dunbar Creek, where they drowned.
Terri L. Professor’s assertions. According to Snyder, “the enslaved cargo suffered greatly from mismanagement, rose from their shackles in the small vessel, and revolted against the crew, driving them into the water where they drowned.”.
The first account of the incident at the location now known as the Igbo landing was written by a white man named Roswell King, an overseer on a plantation called the Pierce Butler plantation. Thirteen of the drowned Igbos’ bodies were found by Captain Peterson and Roswell, while the rest were lost to time in the water. The actual death toll in the Igbo landing is uncertain as some of them may have survived the suicide episode.
“Regardless of the numbers, the deaths revealed a stirring tale of resistance as these slaves overpowered their masters in a foreign land, and many chose to commit suicide rather than continue to be held as slaves in the New World. Over time, The Igbo Landing gained enormous symbolic significance in the local African American folklore. Samuel Momodu.
U.S. Citizens. S. A called the Igbo slaves’ resistance and suicide the first freedom march in both African and American history. The Landing and nearby marshes in Dunbar Creek, where the Igbo people committed mass suicide in May 1803, were allegedly haunted by the ghosts of the dead Igbo slaves.
U.S. Citizens. S. The Igbo slaves’ resistance and suicide was referred to as the first freedom march in both African and American history by the writer A. The Landing and surrounding marshes in Dunbar Creek, where the Igbo people killed themselves in large numbers in May 1803, were allegedly haunted by the ghosts of the deceased Igbo slaves.
American citizens. S. A called the Igbo slaves’ resistance and suicide the first freedom march in both African and American history. The Landing and nearby marshes in Dunbar Creek, where the Igbo people committed mass suicide in May 1803, were allegedly haunted by the ghosts of the dead Igbo slaves.
Citizens of the U. S. The Igbo slaves’ resistance and suicide was referred to as the first freedom march in both African and American history by the writer A. The Landing and nearby marshes in Dunbar Creek, where the Igbo people committed mass suicide in May 1803, were allegedly haunted by the ghosts of the deceased Igbo slaves.
The Igbo Landing location was designated as a holy site by the St. African Americans in Simon. Additionally, The Igbo Landing is now covered in coastal Georgia schools’ curricula.
The Igbo/Ibo landing has recently received tributes from numerous musicians, songwriters, filmmakers, and others. Michael B. Jordan’s character Killmonger pays tribute to the incident by saying, “Bury me in the ocean with my ancestors who jumped from ships, ’cause they knew death was better than bondage,” in the closing scene of Marvel’s comic book film Black Panther. Beyoncé participated in the tribute as well because she depicted the incident in one of her music videos.
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