Savannah: body and soul. (includes related article on Georgia's islands)

Saturday Evening Post | March 1, 1990| | Copyright

Savannah BODY AND SOUL

The good looks she got from her founding father were fading, but C. J. HADLEY says Savannah was finally able to live up to his expectations.

"There will be no slaves, no hard liquor, no lawyers," proclaimed the British Col. James Edward Oglethorpe, the founder of Georgia, before settling 120 Englishmen near the mouth of the Savannah River in 1733. "Everyone in this colony will be equal."

The colonel had carefully selected his site for North America's 13th British colony. His first settlement and capital city, Savannah, was set ...

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