In 1735, the Georgia Trustees enacted a law prohibiting slavery in the new colony, which had been established in 1733 to enable the "worthy poor" as well as persecuted European Protestants to have a new start.
1735年，佐治亚董事会颁布法律，禁止在新殖民地蓄奴，在1733年就已经鼓励让“有价值的穷人”和被迫害的欧洲新教徒能争取新生。