1540
Spanish explorer Hernando de Soto surveys the area near present-day Augusta. His entourage includes enslaved Africans.
1732-1735
General James Edward Oglethorpe and other well-off Englishmen who made up the Georgia Trustees, establish . . . — — Map (db m271082) HM
1818
The Georgia Legislature adopts measures that restrict African American property ownership and that require free persons of color to
register annually and pay a tax when moving into the state. The registry includes many residents of . . . — — Map (db m271413) HM