“Slavery and Georgia” was mentioned in Egmont’s diary. Mr.James Oglethorpe viewed Georgia as an experiment upon the poor to be rehabilitated. The Earl of Egmont created observations in his diary about the debate of introducing slavery to Georgia. The diary selection consists of his recounts of desires of colonies to import slaves into the colony and the details of Mr.Oglethorpe response to the demand that slavery be introduced into the colony.
The Scotts had settled into Joseph's town with their negro slaves, and were told by the trustees that it was not allowed . Georgia had banned slavery due to the inconsistency with their social and economic intentions. Mr.Samuel Eveleigh decided that he was not going to settle in Georgia anymore and …show more content…
The two most important leaders were Patrick Tailfer and Thomas Stephens.The supporters as well as themselves, flooded the Trustees with letters and petitions demanding that slavery be permitted in Georgia. Also, they wrote pamphlets that set out their case in more detail. The key point of their argument was that the Trustees' economic design for Georgia was unsuitable. They insisted that it would be impossible for settlers to prosper without having negro workers. As the wealth of South Carolina's rice economy grew rapidly, it was demonstrated that slaves were far more profitable than any other form of labor available to the colonists. Georgia’s enslave population grew from 0-18,000 people in about 25 years. Col.Oglethorpe wrote to the trustees about allowing the use of negroes. He listed five troubles amongst the allowance of slaves. The first one was that the trustees decided to relieve the distress , but instead they should of occasion the misery of thousands in Africa by settling men using arts to buy and bring into slaving the poor people who now live free. The second was to weaken the Frontiers of America instead of strengthening it. Third, give away land to the owners of slaves that was designed as a refuge to persecute protestants. Fourth, prevent all the improvements of silk and wine. Last, glut all the markets with more American Commodities to cut back on interference with the english