. Stories of the three Americas. Their discovery and settlement. ntic states were thriving and prosperous. An English philanthropist, namedJames Oglethorpe,formed a plan of help-ing the poor people ofEngland by fouLdingfor them a refuge inAmerica. He especial-ly wished to help thepoor debtors. By thelaws of England aman who could notpay his debts wasthrust into year thousandsof hard-working men,thr o u g h thoughtlessconduct or misfortune,were imprisoned, leav-ing their families tostarve while they wereshut up and unabletodo any work. In 1728, Oglethorpe was appointed, at his own
. Stories of the three Americas. Their discovery and settlement. ntic states were thriving and prosperous. An English philanthropist, namedJames Oglethorpe,formed a plan of help-ing the poor people ofEngland by fouLdingfor them a refuge inAmerica. He especial-ly wished to help thepoor debtors. By thelaws of England aman who could notpay his debts wasthrust into year thousandsof hard-working men,thr o u g h thoughtlessconduct or misfortune,were imprisoned, leav-ing their families tostarve while they wereshut up and unabletodo any work. In 1728, Oglethorpe was appointed, at his own request, to lookinto the condition of the poor, to visit prisons, and institute meas-ures of relief. Many hundreds of these poor victims of the lawsagainst debtors, were set free by him. Then he planned to do more,to found a colony in the New World, where these poor men couldhave opportunities to retrieve their broken fortunes. Oglethorpe appealed to George II for a patent. It was granted,and June 9,1732, a royal charter was sent out by which all the territory. JAMES OGLETHORPE. THE COLONIES OF CALVERT AND OF OGLETHORPE. 201 between the Savannah and Altamaha rivers, westward to the Pacificocean, was granted to a company for twenty-one years, to be heldin trust for the poor. In honor of the king, Oglethorpe called thisland Georgia. Oglethorpe had been a soldier and had also held a seat in par-liament; he was benevolent, generous, brave and chivalrous. Hegave all the energies of his vigorous, broad mind to building, in hisbeautiful southern territory, an asylum for the oppressed of all went out in November, 1732, with one hundred and twenty per-sons. In February, they founded the town of Savannah on a highbluff overlooking the river. A fair and honest treaty was made withthe Indians, which secured peace to the young settlement. Ogle-thorpe stayed with his colony many years. He organized a companyof soldiers who were found useful, as the Spaniards over the boundary in Flo
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