Georgia Journeys Being An Account Of The Lives Of Georgias Original Settlers And Many Other Early Settlers From The Founding Of The Colony In 1732 Until The Institution Of Royal Government In 1754 With Maps

Author : Karen Auman
Publisher : University of Georgia Press
ISBN 13 : 0820366129
Total Pages : 255 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (23 download)

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Download or read book The Good Forest written by Karen Auman and published by University of Georgia Press. This book was released on 2024-06 with total page 255 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Georgia, the last of Britain’s American mainland colonies, began with high aspirations to create a morally sound society based on small family farms with no enslaved workers. But those goals were not realized, and Georgia became a slave plantation society, following the Carolina model. This trajectory of failure is well known. But looking at the Salzburgers, who emigrated from Europe as part of the original plan, providesa very different story. The Good Forest reveals the experiences of the Salzburger migrants who came to Georgia with the support of British and German philanthropy, where they achieved self-sufficiency in the Ebenezer settlement while following the Trustees’ plans. Because their settlement compriseda significant portion of Georgia’s early population, their experiences provide a corrective to our understanding of early Georgia and help reveal the possibilities in Atlantic colonization as they built a cohesive community. The relative success of the Ebenezer settlement, furthermore, challenges the inherent environmental, cultural, and economic determinism that has dominated Georgia history. That well-worn narrative often implies (or even explicitly states) that only a slave-based plantation economy—as implemented after the Trustee era—could succeed. With this history, Auman illuminates the interwoven themes of Atlantic migrations, colonization, charity, and transatlantic religious networks.