New Born Infant Clementine Dubignon Clementine Dubignon was the youngest of the enslaved Africans to survive the crossing. She was born aboard the Wanderer during the frightful voyage. Although John and Henry Dubignon were eventually acquitted for their part in the illegal slave trade, Clementine Dubignon’s very name was evidence of the family’s involvement. Following the Jekyll Island landing, she and her mother were carried inland. “When she was nearly grown, she ‘drifted’ into Brunswick” to be reunited with her brother, Tom Floyd. Following the Civil War, she worked for several families in Glynn County including Theodore Flanders, a Brunswick carpenter with a wife and baby. Clementine was sometimes called “Steamboat” for the rolling hitch in her walk. Although she remained single, she was also called “Mom Clem” by the community, where she was a devoted churchgoer.
Posted on: Fri, 30 Aug 2013 04:58:18 +0000
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