. A history of the United States. onor of George II,who was then king of England. Oglethorpes Plan to aid the Poor Debtors. — Oglethorpewas interested in any plan to help the poor. In those daysthe English law allowed a creditor to send to jail any onewho owed him and could not pay the debt. The jails werehorrible places, filthy, and overrun with vermin, whereprisoners held for all sorts of crimes were herded jailer was often cruel and cheated his prisoners, if hedid not torture them. There was little chance that a poor ii8 THE MAKING OF NEW FRONTIERS debtor once sent to such a pl
. A history of the United States. onor of George II,who was then king of England. Oglethorpes Plan to aid the Poor Debtors. — Oglethorpewas interested in any plan to help the poor. In those daysthe English law allowed a creditor to send to jail any onewho owed him and could not pay the debt. The jails werehorrible places, filthy, and overrun with vermin, whereprisoners held for all sorts of crimes were herded jailer was often cruel and cheated his prisoners, if hedid not torture them. There was little chance that a poor ii8 THE MAKING OF NEW FRONTIERS debtor once sent to such a place would live to get out, Ogle-thorpe thought it better to send such persons to Americawhere they might start anew. He chose as the motto ofthe colony, Not for self, but for others. He expected nogain for himself; indeed, he used his own money to furtherthe enterprise. Founding of Georgia. — Oglethorpe went to Georgia in1733. He was accompanied by 35 poor families, selectedout of a large number wilUng to go. They went up the. Settlements in GeorgiaThis map shows the size of the original grant of Georgia in 1732 Savannah River about ten miles and began a town whichthey called Savannah, using the Indian name of the William Penn and Roger WilUams, Oglethorpe firstmade peace with the Indians, buying the land from was laid out with broad streets and large acres of land were given to each family. Oglethorpereceived aid from the English government and from wealthyfriends in buying arms, farm tools, seed, and supplies. Thepeople of South Carohna sent loo head of cattle, a drove ofhogs, a flock of sheep, and 20 barrels of rice. Several wentto Savannah with their servants to aid the new colony inbuilding houses. Everything seemed hopeful. QUESTIONS AND EXERCISES 119 The Troubles of Georgia. — Poor men who could not makea living in England were not well fitted for the hardships ofa new country. Others came, but progress was slow. Thecolonists co
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