For twenty years in the eighteenth century; Georgia--the last British colony in what became the United States--enjoyed a brief period of free labor; where workers were not enslaved and were paid. The Trustees for the Establishment of the Colony of Georgia created a "Georgia experiment" of philanthropic enterprise and moral reform for poor white workers; though rebellious settlers were more interested in shaking off the British social system of deference to the upper class. Only a few elites in the colony actually desired the slave system; but those men; backed by expansionist South Carolina planters; used the laborers' demands for high wages as examples of societal unrest. Through a campaign of disinformation in London; they argued for slavery; eventually convincing the Trustees to abandon their experiment.In The Short Life of Free Georgia; Noeleen McIlvenna chronicles the years between 1732 and 1752 and challenges the conventional view that Georgia's colonial purpose was based on unworkable assumptions and utopian ideals. Rather; Georgia largely succeeded in its goals--until self-interested parties convinced England that Georgia had failed; leading to the colony's transformation into a replica of slaveholding South Carolina.
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful. In Lieu of a Draft: A History of 153rd PA Volunteer RegimentBy jwizExcellent compilation of 153rd PA's service in the Union Army; especially with the 11th Corps at Chancellorsville and Gettysburg. I was interested in primary source summary of those experiences which the author; Lochard Lovenstein; does a most commendable job. The soldiers of the 153rd were mostly of German heritage from Northampton County; PA. The vignettes he selects provide a 'real time' look at what the soldiers experienced and they are most poignant - akin to experiences I had on the ground in Vietnam. For those who need more detail (and more detail is not always good); he provides list of primary resources referenced in the production of this work.0 of 1 people found the following review helpful. In lieu of a Draft.By Tom MulkernA good history on the only regiment to be entirely raised in Northampton County Pennsylvania. I know the living history regiment that portrays this unit is using it as a research tool. I recommend this to anyone who wants to see what it was like for a nine month regiment in the Army of the Potomac from September 1862 to July 1863.
