## Trust-supported colonists

**Worthy poor.** The Trustees recruited people who valued work but were unable to find sustaining employment and a meaningful life in England's cities, many of whom had migrated from declining rural areas in search of new opportunity. This category included people released from debtors' prisons, although there were few of these.

**Soldiers.** Soldiers were required in the colony to fortify the southern frontier. Most were granted land at Frederica and Darien, which they were expected to cultivate when not on duty.

**Indentured servants.** Single people were recruited to work for families for a fixed period of time, after which they were granted land for their own use.

## Self-Supporting colonists

**Yeomen.** Working farmers and traders were encouraged to settle in the hinterlands on five-hundred-acre estates. They were expected to supply nine servants each to clear the additional land.

**Gentry.** More affluent farmers were also granted five-hundred-acre estates, subject to the same requirements and restrictions as the yeoman farmers.