An illustrated history of the New world : containing a general history of all the various nations, states, and republics of the western continent ..and a complete history of the United States to the present time .. . 298 THE CAROLINAS ANi> (iE( GBNERAL OOLKTHORPE. An event took place in 1694, which, though trivial in itself, wa?destined to lay the foundation of an important commercial product inthe southern states. This was the introduction of rice. The captain of a Madagascar vessel touching at Carolina, presented the go-vernor with a bag of this article, which, being distributed a
An illustrated history of the New world : containing a general history of all the various nations, states, and republics of the western continent ..and a complete history of the United States to the present time .. . 298 THE CAROLINAS ANi> (iE( GBNERAL OOLKTHORPE. An event took place in 1694, which, though trivial in itself, wa?destined to lay the foundation of an important commercial product inthe southern states. This was the introduction of rice. The captain of a Madagascar vessel touching at Carolina, presented the go-vernor with a bag of this article, which, being distributed among theplanters, was sown, and throve so remarkably as in a few years tobecome a staple commodity. Negro slavery was about the same timeintroduced. N 1728, General Oglethorpe, and other distinguishedpersons of England, presented a plan to governmentfor the settlement of the large district between the Sa-vannah and Alatamaha rivers, which had hitherto beenclaimed by Florida. This was to liberate from thejails all persons confined for debt, or minor offences, and transportthem to the new territory, where, under the guidance of a committeeof trustees, they might act as a defence to the more inland scheme was favourably received, large
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