INTRODUCTION 1
I. BACKGROUND FOR THE DESIGN 5
II. THE WEAVING OF THE DESIGN 11
III. THE EXECUTION OF THE DESIGN 37
a. A Tale of Two Systems 37
b. The Freeholders 38
c. The Indentured Servants 47
d. The Landholders: Planters, Merchants, Master Artisans 51
e. Moravians, Salzburgers, Highlanders, Jews 63
IV. THE DESIGN AND THE POLITICIANS, 1733–1739 75
V. THE PETITION WAR IN GEORGIA 87
a. The Malcontents 87
b. The Crisis of 1738 94
c. The Petition War Continued 109
VI. THE PARLIAMENTARY CLIMAX, 1740–1743 119
A NOTE ON THE SOURCES 139
BIBLIOGRAPHY 142
APPENDIX I. SOURCES OF INCOME OF THE TRUSTEES FOR GEORGIA 14
