1733-1743 --- The Olglethorpe Years in Georgia (Sets the Precedent)
1. 1733 James Oglethorpe arrives o Then North American shore in South Carolina with 37 families from Europe
2. 1733 James Oglethorpe arrives near Savannah, Ga in Yamacraw to survey the area
3. Slaves and Rum prohibited: Colonists tried hard to build Georgia without the assistance of African people
4. European Colonists soon realized that their success and future was, inextricably, tied and depended upon the invaluable services
provided by the blood, sweat, tears, breath and life of African People
(a 400-year mortgage in blood and life and we received "nothing.")
** Oglethorpe gave-in and broke his own rules and utilized African labor to clear out the land to build Savannah.
** July 23, 1743 James E. Oglethorpe leaves Georgia, never to return.
2. 1733 James Oglethorpe arrives near Savannah, Ga in Yamacraw to survey the area
3. Slaves and Rum prohibited: Colonists tried hard to build Georgia without the assistance of African people
4. European Colonists soon realized that their success and future was, inextricably, tied and depended upon the invaluable services
provided by the blood, sweat, tears, breath and life of African People
(a 400-year mortgage in blood and life and we received "nothing.")
** Oglethorpe gave-in and broke his own rules and utilized African labor to clear out the land to build Savannah.
** July 23, 1743 James E. Oglethorpe leaves Georgia, never to return.
August 1750 -- The slave ban is repealed and is targeted toward African men, women and children. Georgia slavery upon The African people became legal.