After the Wanderer anchored offshore just south of here in late November, the survivors were sick, weak, freezing, and starving. A big fire was made on the beach to warm the captives, and the ship's mess kettle was brought to shore, filled with meal and water, and set by the fire to cook. The enslaved Africans were kept on Jekyll Island for about ten days, where they were fed, clothed, and given new names in an effort to strip them of their African identities before being forced into servitude. When a slave ship docked, the enslaved were washed and oiled to make them look healthier, then sold at auction to the highest bidder. Families were broken up as the Wanderer's survivors were sold to slave holders throughout the South, and one captive recalled being given clothes and food, sold to a white man, and renamed Lucius Williams instead of Umwalla.
