USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -General James Oglethorpe and the other Trustees were not opposed to the enslavement of Africans as a matter of principle. They banned slavery in Georgia because it was inconsistent with their social and economic intentions.

Detailed explanation-2: -The argument for slavery won out, and the institution legally came to Georgia on 1 January 1751. With the addition of slavery, and with the Trusteeship giving way to royal control in 1752, Georgia finally became a typical colony of the British empire found throughout the world.

Detailed explanation-3: -An Opponent of Slavery He did not publicly comment on the war, but in private he tried to convince the government to negotiate a truce in 1777-1778. Throughout his life, Oglethorpe remained an outspoken opponent of slavery in the colonies.

Detailed explanation-4: -But eventually, the lure of wealth by forced labor proved too tempting: the ban on slavery was finally overturned in 1751. By the American Revolution, Georgia’s enslaved population had grown to 18, 000, after the Georgia Trustees petitioned Parliament to end the ban on slavery on May 17, 1749, Today in Georgia History.

Detailed explanation-5: -The Charter specifically denied Catholics the right to worship in the Georgia colony. Historically, the Spanish were Roman Catholic and Georgia’s founders feared that Catholic settlers might be sympathetic to the Spanish if conflict erupted between the two world powers.