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                                                   Georgia


          Slavery in Georgia is known to have been practiced by the original or earliest known residents of the future colony and state for centuries prior to European settlement. However the colony under James Oglethorpe, is known to have been the only British colony to have banned slavery before legalizing it with the help of George Whitfield. It was eventually legalized by royal decree in 1751.

                    

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