Essentials of United States history . eston became a commercial center .<4 ?^^ ~N-~ ^?-V^^Xil.^N and two or three hundredships annually Ment thence toEurope. 44. James Edward Ogle-thorpe. — According to Eng-lish law, during the eighteenthcentury, a man owing moneywliieh he could not pay wascondemned to imprisonmentuntil such time as his debtshould be paid. Prisons af-forded little opportunity forearning money; thereforemany debtors lingered inprison for years and often-times for life. And when, in-deed, they were released, it was difficult for them to find work,and their condition and that
Essentials of United States history . eston became a commercial center .<4 ?^^ ~N-~ ^?-V^^Xil.^N and two or three hundredships annually Ment thence toEurope. 44. James Edward Ogle-thorpe. — According to Eng-lish law, during the eighteenthcentury, a man owing moneywliieh he could not pay wascondemned to imprisonmentuntil such time as his debtshould be paid. Prisons af-forded little opportunity forearning money; thereforemany debtors lingered inprison for years and often-times for life. And when, in-deed, they were released, it was difficult for them to find work,and their condition and that of their families was very lit-tle improved. James Edward Oglethorpe (ogl-thorp), whileserving as a member of a committee to investigate debtorsprisons, was much affected by the miseries which he foundthere. He therefore conceived the plan of founding a colonyin America where the most worthy debtors could begin lifeagain. He formed a company, solicited subscriptions, andobtained a grant of territory between the Savannah and the. James Oglethorpe. THE SOUTHERN COLONIES 41 Altamaha rivers. It was wholly a benevolent undertaking;the trustees desired no income from the colony The Georgiaand did not reserve any of the land for them- The province of Georgia was to be held in trust forthe poor, and the motto on its seal wasnot for themselves,but for others. 45. Georgia. — In January, 1733, the first company ofcolonists, led by Oglethorpe himself, arrived in America,and made a settlement at Savannah. His colony will suc-ceed, said Governor Johnson of South Carolina, for henobly devotes all his powers to serve the poor and rescuethem from their wretchedness. Fifty acres of land wereallotted to each settler who could not pay the expenses ofhis journey, and five hundred to those who paid. Theland was granted for life, provided the tenant improvedand cultivated it, and there was to be no charge of rent forten years. Oglethorpe directed that every settler should setout m
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