On the Rim of the Caribbean: Colonial Georgia and the British Atlantic World

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On the Rim of the Caribbean This page intentionally left blank On the Rim of the Caribbean Colonial Georgia and the British Atlantic World paul m. pressly The University of Georgia Press Athens and London © 2013 by the University of Georgia Press Athens, Georgia 30602 www.ugapress.org All rights reserved Set in Adobe Caslon Pro by Graphic Composition, Inc., Bogart, Georgia Cartography by David Wasserboehr, Flying W Graphics Printed digitally in the United States of America Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Pressly, Paul M. On the rim of the Caribbean : colonial Georgia and the British Atlantic world / Paul M. Pressly. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. isbn-13: 978-0-8203-3567-4 (hardcover : alk. paper) isbn-10: 0-8203-3567-3 (hardcover : alk. paper) isbn-13: 978-0-8203-4503-1 (pbk. : alk. paper) isbn-10: 0-8203-4503-2 (pbk. : alk. paper) 1. Georgia—Economic conditions—18th century. 2. Georgia—Commerce—West Indies, British—History—18th century. 3. West Indies, British—Commerce— Georgia—History—18th century. 4. Plantations—Georgia—History—18th century. 5. Georgia—History—Colonial period, ca. 1600–1775. I.Title. f289.p74 2013 975.8'02—dc23 2012033964 British Library Cataloging-in-Publication Data available ISBN for digital edition: 978-08203-4580-2 In memory of my parents, William Laurens & Alice McCallie Pressly And in honor of Jane, Bill, and Nancy This page intentionally left blank ...