This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1900 Excerpt: ... Carolina 129 Life in their colony had, to their taste, become Early too tame. Others of the settlers were bond-"I?rsof North servants who, seeing, as their time of service Carolina, expired, that they were not treated as equals by the Virginia planters, wished to go elsewhere. Others who pushed through the woods into ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1900 Excerpt: ... Carolina 129 Life in their colony had, to their taste, become Early too tame. Others of the settlers were bond-"I?rsof North servants who, seeing, as their time of service Carolina, expired, that they were not treated as equals by the Virginia planters, wished to go elsewhere. Others who pushed through the woods into North Carolina were people who were not allowed to worship as they pleased in Virginia. Most of these settlers were very poor. There were no great plantations in North Carolina, but instead there came to be many small farms, where tobacco was raised. Many of the settlers earned their living in the forests by cutting lumber, by making tar, or by collecting turpentine from the trees. SOUTH CAROLINA The settlers of South Carolina, although much Settlers of South Carolina. like those of North Carolina, lived in a very outh different manner. Great plantations of rice and indigo were started and great numbers of slaves were set at work. Although the settlers were troubled by Indians, and moreover had frequent quarrels with the proprietors, yet new settlers continued to come, and the two colonies grew in population and wealth. In 1729 the proprietors gave up their rights, and North and South Carolina became two separate royal colonies, with a royal governor at the head of each government. Contests with the Spanish The Spanish in Florida did not like to see the English establishing permanent colonies near their own settlements. They tried to drive the South Carolina settlers out of the country. Although the Spanish had the help of the wild Indians, who were always ready to fight the English, they did not succeed in their endeavor. GEORGIA In 1732 James Oglethorpe obtained from George II, the King of England, a grant of land between the settlement...
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