Fun Fact for the Day 3.5.12

The US State of Georgia, chartered in 1732, was chartered with a ban on slavery. The idea was that without slavery, the province would have a strong (white) farm labor force with which to defend and serve as a buffer to the northern colonies if attacked from Spanish Florida. However, the ban was lifted in 1749, and only after a few short years of slaves pouring in, Georgia's labor force was homogenous with the rest of the US South.