Igbo Landing (Dunbar Creek)

Site on Dunbar Creek, St. Simons Island, Georgia, where captive Igbo walked into the water in 1803. Casey Gerald cites it as a precedent for escape.

At a glance

Source	Author	Role	In one line
The Black Art of Escape	Casey Gerald	subject	Cited episode of the captured Igbo who walked into the water chanting that the Sea would bring them home, offered as a precedent for flight.

The Black Art of Escape — Casey Gerald (2019)

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In 1803, a group of captured Igbo rebelled at Dunbar Creek, Georgia.

• Role: subject
• In the article: Cited episode of the captured Igbo who walked into the water chanting that the Sea would bring them home, offered as a precedent for flight.
• Why it matters: Igbo Landing is the essay’s historical precedent for escape as resistance.