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The ''Wanderer'' was the last documented ship to bring a cargo of slaves from Africa to the United States (on November 28, 1858). When the ''Wanderer'' reached Jekyll Island, Georgia from Africa, approximately 303 of the enslaved Africans had survived. The federal government prosecuted the owner and crew, but failed to win a conviction. During the American Civil War, Union forces took over the ship and used it for various roles. In November 2008 the Jekyll Island Museum unveiled an exhibit dedicated to the enslaved Africans on the ''Wanderer''.〔''Jekyll Island Beachscape'', vol 5, #42, Nov/Dec 2008, pg. 1〕 A memorial sculpture was erected on the island. == Summary == Upon ending the slave trade in all British colonies in 1808, the British began pressuring other nations to end their slave trades. At the same time, the British began pressuring the African rulers to stop exporting people as slaves.〔Herbert S. Klein, ''The Atlantic Slave Trade'' (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1999), 183.〕 The United States officially outlawed the importation of slaves in 1808. It did not use its own ships to enforce the law until 1819, when U.S. naval ships joined British patrol ships in the Caribbean and African waters to intercept slavers (See African Slave Trade Patrol).〔Herbert S. Klein, ''Slave Trade'', 191.〕 Even after the US outlawed the slave trade, people tried to evade the law. The ''Wanderer'' was built in 1857 and in 1858 it was partially outfitted for a long voyage. The ship flew the pennant of the New York Yacht Club.〔 Although there was speculation about the ship, it was inspected and there was no conclusive evidence that it was to be a slave ship, so it was allowed to pass.〔(Joye Brown, "The Wanderer" ), ''Newsday'', 12 May 2009, accessed 12 May 2009〕 The captain sailed to Angola, Africa where over 10 days he had shelves and pens built in to accept a shipment of 490-600 slaves, who were loaded on the ship.〔 Many of the slaves died on the six-week journey across the Atlantic Ocean. ''The Wanderer'' reached Jekyll Island, Georgia on November 28, 1858 and delivered 409 slaves alive. A prosecution of the slave traders was launched, but the defendants were found not guilty. The outrage aroused by the case was a contributing cause to the American Civil War. Ironically, the prosecutor, Henry R. Jackson, became a major general in the Confederate States Army and one of the defendants, John Egbert Farnum, became a colonel and brevet brigadier general in the Union Army in the Civil War.〔Sifakis, Stewart. ''Who Was Who in the Civil War.'' New York: Facts On File, 1988. ISBN 0-8160-1055-2. pp. 212, 335〕 Also among the defendants was John Frederick Tucker, a planter, who was one of the owners of the ship.〔Myers, Robert Manson. ''The Children of Pride.'' Yale University Press, 1972. ISBN 0-300-01214-4. p.1705〕 During the war, the ship was seized by Union troops and used for the Naval blockade of the Confederate States of America. (See .) 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Wanderer (slave ship)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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