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The founding of the African [American] presence in Effingham County, Ga dates back to 1734 when 14 enslaved men were "borrowed" from South Carolina to help build roads and buildings for the newly arrived Salzburgers at Ebenezer.
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During the colonial era, the practice of slavery in Georgia soon became surpassed by industrial-scale plantation slavery. The colony of the Province of Georgia under James Oglethorpe banned slavery in 1735, the only one of the thirteen colonies to have done so.
Ebenezer Creek is a tributary of the Savannah River in Effingham County, Georgia, about 20 miles north of the city of Savannah. During the American Civil War, an incident at the creek resulted in the drowning of many freed slaves.
10 Μαρ 2006 · Effingham County, on Georgia’s eastern border, is the fourth of the state’s eight original counties. The first inhabitants were Creek Indians who lost their land when some of their leaders signed treaties with the English in 1733, 1735, and 1736.
2 Οκτ 2022 · This chained and persecuted class of human beings became Georgia's Black labor force "borrowed" from South Carolina slave holders. Fast forward to the 21st Century and all around the beautiful City of Savannah you will find tokens of appreciation for the value brought to this area by Gen. Oglethorpe.
19 Σεπ 2002 · Between 1735 and 1750 Georgia was the only British American colony to attempt to prohibit Black slavery as a matter of public policy. The decision to ban slavery was made by the founders of Georgia, the Trustees.
20 Οκτ 2003 · In 1790, just before the explosion in cotton production, some 29,264 enslaved people resided in the state. In 1793 the Georgia Assembly passed a law prohibiting the importation of captive Africans.
