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Jewish History, East Gordon Street, Savannah, GA, USA

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Jewish History, East Gordon Street, Savannah, GA, USA

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Jewish History, East Gordon Street, Savannah, GA, USA

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Rabbi R. A. Belzer tells the story of the arrival of Georgia's first Jewish settlers. The city of Savannah can boast that it is the home of Congregation Mickve Israel, Georgia's oldest Jewish congregation and the third oldest in the country.

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Georgia Salzburger Society Museum, Ebenezer Road, Rincon, GA, USA

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Georgia Salzburger Society Museum, Ebenezer Road, Rincon, GA, USA

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Georgia Salzburger Society Museum, Ebenezer Road, Rincon, GA, USA

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- Darien, Savannah, St. Simons Island

On this day in 1735, a group of Scottish Highlanders sailed from Inverness, Scotland aboard the Prince of Wales, bound for Georgia.

They disembarked on the northern bank of the Altamaha River, where they founded New Inverness-later named Darien-60 miles south of Savannah.

The Scots were among the finest soldiers in the world and had been recruited by General James Oglethorpe to provide a buffer between the English Colony and the Spanish in Florida.

The Scots built a fort to replace Fort King George at the mouth of the Altamaha River, which had been abandoned in 1732.

During the conflict with Spain in 1740, known as the War of Jenkins' Ear, the Scots served with Oglethorpe at the Siege of St. Augustine. They played a critical role in the Spanish defeat at Fort Frederica on St. Simon's Island in 1742, which solidified English claims on the North American continent.

Georgia might have been a Spanish colony had it not been for the Scottish Highlanders who sailed from the Old World on October 18, 1735, Today in Georgia History.

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On this day in 1735, a group of Scottish Highlanders sailed from Inverness, Scotland aboard the Prince of Wales, bound for Georgia.They disembarked on the northern bank of the Altamaha River, where they founded New Inverness-later named Darien-60 miles south of Savannah.The Scots were among the finest soldiers in the

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Where Georgia's Salzburger settlers originally came from.

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We are here.

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The 1st Jewish Settlers to Georgia settled in Savannah.

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This Day in Georgia History

January 17, 1733

Trustees Banned Jewish Settlers

In London, the Georgia Trustees voted to ban Jews from settling in Georgia and further to instruct Jewish leaders in London to stop collecting money to send Jewish settlers to Georgia. This issue had arisen at the Dec. 7, 1732 meeting of the Trustees, but without resolution. In his journal, the Earl of Egmont noted that the Trustees were divided on the issue, but the majority voted against allowing Jews to settle in Georgia "because they generally are not cultivators of land, but Small hedge Shopkeepers, and might keep private correspondence with the Spaniards." At least one Trustee - Thomas Coram - feared Jews immigrants would cause Christian colonists in Georgia "to fall off and desert it, as leaves from a tree in autumn." Whatever the reason for the ban, it came too late for 43 Jews who had sailed for Georgia earlier that month. After they arrived in July 1733, James Oglethorpe allowed them to settle in Savannah - and some were given land grants. Although there was as yet no official policy on Jews [Georgia's charter guaranteed religious liberty to all but Catholics], Oglethorpe contacted attorneys in Charleston about allowing the Jews to remain after the Trustees' Jan. 17 ban. The lawyers advised Oglethorpe that he could not remove the Jews (which must have delighted him, since the colony's only physician was one of the Jews that arrived in July).

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This Day in Georgia History - Trustees Banned Jewish Settlers - GeorgiaInfo

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Trustees Banned Jewish Settlers In London, the Georgia Trustees voted to ban Jews from settling in Georgia and further to instruct Jewish leaders in London to stop collecting money to send Jewish settlers to Georgia. This issue had arisen at the Dec. 7, 1732 meeting of the Trustees, but without resolution.

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The Highland Scotts were given land here in Darien.

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- Darien, Savannah, St. Simons Island

On this day in 1735, a group of Scottish Highlanders sailed from Inverness, Scotland aboard the Prince of Wales, bound for Georgia.

They disembarked on the northern bank of the Altamaha River, where they founded New Inverness-later named Darien-60 miles south of Savannah.

The Scots were among the finest soldiers in the world and had been recruited by General James Oglethorpe to provide a buffer between the English Colony and the Spanish in Florida.

The Scots built a fort to replace Fort King George at the mouth of the Altamaha River, which had been abandoned in 1732.

During the conflict with Spain in 1740, known as the War of Jenkins' Ear, the Scots served with Oglethorpe at the Siege of St. Augustine. They played a critical role in the Spanish defeat at Fort Frederica on St. Simon's Island in 1742, which solidified English claims on the North American continent.

Georgia might have been a Spanish colony had it not been for the Scottish Highlanders who sailed from the Old World on October 18, 1735, Today in Georgia History.

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On this day in 1735, a group of Scottish Highlanders sailed from Inverness, Scotland aboard the Prince of Wales, bound for Georgia.They disembarked on the northern bank of the Altamaha River, where they founded New Inverness-later named Darien-60 miles south of Savannah.The Scots were among the finest soldiers in the

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The Salzburgers settled first in Ebenezer. a distance inland from the Savannah River.

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New Ebenezer was the 2nd location along the High Bluffs of the Savannah River

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Amy Lebey, the Salzburger historian, tells why Lutherans moved from Salzburg, Austria to the Georgia colony in the 1700s. Georgia was very different from Salzburg, and it took a lot of adjusting to make their home in New Ebenezer, Georgia. The church they built still stands today.

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Yamacraw Bluff was the location of the Colony of Georgia.