Letter back to England
Dear George Fredrick,
I am sending this letter in a hurry, as my people have chose to rebel against me. Please go to the dock ad inform them to send a ship to my colony. How silly of me to send this letter to you as you don’t know about my colony. So let me tell you the tale of my colony. In the year of 1732 I went to King George the second. He granted me and my trustees a charter that gave us permission to make a colony for poor English citizens. Among this group were people who had been jailed for unpaid debts. I can’t believe these same people who I gave freedom to are now rebelling against me.
One year after I had got the charter me and one hundred twenty other English colonists set out to Georgia. We founded the city of Savannah on the coast of Georgia. Many settlers from all over England have moved to my colony and I have learned about the lives of many colonists. I still remember my statement “The examples of other colonies suggest that the new colony will succeed….Georgia is even more likely to succeed than either Virginia or Pennsylvania were”.
I wanted my colony to be different from other southern colonies; I didn’t want Georgia to have large plantations rules by a few wealthy individuals. I hoped that the colony would draw small farmers and avoid rise of wealthy planter. So I outlawed slavery and limited the size of land grants. I gave free passage and gave them the things they needed. My dreams were too big and I gave away too much.
The colonist grew unhappy and wanted big plantations and slavery. This was just what I dint want. So they turned against me, the man who had given them everything they needed and took them out of jail. I have realized that men are very selfish. This ends my story and now my dear friend, you have heard the story so go and fetch the boat that will take me out of this madness. My only hope for the future is to get out of here. ‘
Your dear friend,
James Oglethorpe
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