13 JANUARY 1775, DARIEN, GEORGIA: With Georgia participating in neither the First Continental Congress nor the nonimportation movement, residents of St. Andrew’s Parish pass resolutions in support of both, as well as a resolution expressing their “abhorrence” of slavery.
To show a feeling of “general philanthropy for all mankind, of whatever climate, language or complexion,” they condemn “a practice founded in injustice and cruelty” and promise to work for its abolition “upon the most safe and equitable footing for the masters and themselves.”
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