State of Georgia & Confederate State Flag

Protests over the stateÆs flag, which is seen by some as a reminder of the stateÆs history of independence and by others as a continuing celebration of the racism of the South, has become increasingly heated over the past several decades. But the issue of how to handle the Confederate emblem on the state flag and how to address the issue in general of the Confederate battle flag û which looks so simple to advocates on both sides of the protest û is much more complex than recent political debates would indicate. Both sides do indeed seem interested in striking at freedom of the mind with their own form of loudly proclaimed patriotism, and if many Georgians have been far too insensitive to the continuing legacy of slavery and the awful weight of racism, then others have not re

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Confederate emblem on the state flag it is necessary to understand its past significance to Georgians, and to understand this one must understand the history of European settlement in the state, which from first colonization was an agricultural area. (It was also agricultural before European settlement, with the natives combining food collection with low-impact horticultural methods). In 1732, the British philanthropists James Oglethorpe and John Percival secured a royal charter to establish a colony in the area, providing for a board of trustees to govern it. The early settlers included many English debtors, but also Scots, Germans, Swiss, and some German Jews. Oglethorpe arrived with the first group and founded Savannah in 1733. The British desired a buffer between South Carolina and the Spanish in Florida and the French in Louisiana. Georgia served this purpose well. It did not begin to prosper economically, however, until the charter expired in 1753, and economic growth became pronounced after the appointment of James Wright as royal governor in 1760. Relations between the colonists and the Native Americans were generally friendly, and slavery was prohibited until 1749. Slavery was introduced in the mid-18th century to accom
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