School of Humanities and Cultural Studies

Dr. Noeleen McIlvenna finishes new book

Dr. Noeleen McIlvenna recently printed her book that is going off to the publisher.  

Entitled "The Short Life of Free Georgia," Dr. McIlvenna's work describes the first European settlement of the Georgia colony, 1733-1750. Slavery was banned, because the London philanthropists who established the colony wanted to provide an opportunity for poor white folk to work hard. But in nearby South Carolina, the major planters were furious they could not expand their rice empire further and so maintained a relentless campaign to introduce slavery. Usually, southern history is told through the lens of race, but a detailed look at Georgia shows that the original poor people of England and Germany who crossed the Atlantic saw a world divided by social class. They felt no allegiance to planters. Slavery was against their interests, for without it, they could command high wages in Savannah. This book tells the story from their vantage point.
 

 


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