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Black and white painting of the USS Wanderer on the sea

How one of America’s last-documented slave ships was used during the Civil War

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The Wanderer, manned by Savannah aristocrat Charles Lamar, was one of the last-documented slave ships to land in America. Caught by Savannah natives (slave importation was illegal), it was eventually used as a gunner ship by the Union during the Civil War.
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