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GEORGIA. |
THE aborigines of
Georgia were the Cherokees, and
the various tribes of the
Moscogee, or Creek confederation.
In the year 1540 De Sota and his
600 Spaniards marched from the
Ocklokonee to the Ocmulgee, and
to Silver Bluff, where they abode
several days. Everywhere they
sought gold, and twenty years
later Tristan de Luna and 300
Spanish soldiers marched from
Pensacola to Cherokee, Georgia,
and opened mines which were
worked for over a century. |
The
foundation of Georgia is due to
the benevolence of General James
Edward Oglethorpe, a veteran of
Prince Eugene of Savoy's staff,
and afterwards a member of
Parliament, who established here
a place where insolvents
(prisoners for debt) and other
unfortunates might begin the
world anew, and where religious
freedom should be accorded
(except to Catholics).
Parliamentary grants of £180,000
were made to further these
objects, and General Oglethorpe
sailed from England and reached
Savannah February 1st, 1733, with
116 emigrants in his company. |
When
the war broke out between England
and Spain in 1739, General
Oglethorpe led 1,000 troops
against St. Augustine, and was
beaten off. In 1742 Don Manuel de
Monteano attacked Frederica and
was defeated by General
Oglethorpe and the Georgians with
heavy loss. The prohibition of
slavery took place in 1750. |
The
chief events of the Secession War
on the Georgia coast were the
occupation of Big Tybee Island by
Dupont's Federal fleet and the
surrender of Fort Pulaski after a
tremendous bombardment from
General Gilmore's batteries on
Tybee Island, which leveled much
of its walls. |
ILLUSTRATIONS. |
Landing
of Oglethorpe, 1733; Wesley
preaching, 1736;
Sherman's March to the Sea |
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