Slavery in Colonial Georgia

Why should Georgia’s colonial slavery prohibition not be equated with modern racial equality?

• It created universal voting rights in Georgia
• It also reflected security and economic motives
• It abolished slavery throughout British America
• It immediately granted equal political rights

What does the reversal of Georgia’s colonial slavery prohibition show about labor policy?

• Organized settler pressure could change it
• Only postwar courts could alter it
• It was decided by modern farm surveys
• It remained fixed throughout colonial rule