November 4, 1778.

Over two years have passed, and I still cant seem to forget. The picture replaying in my mind of my father’s face before the steaming tar began to fall on his skin. People pointing, laughing, and calling him names…. All because he had good values and remained loyal to the British crown. Living in Savannah, we didn’t have to worry about patriots degrading or insulting us very often. Georgia was known as the “Land of Renewal”, where we served as a land of safety for criminals working our their debt, or people fleeing from religious persecution, but for a time around the war, it wasn’t that way.


In 1733, the colony of Georgia was created. Everything was going extremely well. People began to clear the land, build houses, and begin constructing our community. The Indians of the Upper Creek tribe became our good trading partners and a positive contribution to our economy. We “began to appreciate what the interior Indians had worked out” which was “a way of participating in the larger colonial formation on more or less their own terms. For more then a century that way served them well.” (Countryman)










Citations.
Countryman, Edward . "Indians, the Colonial Order, and the Social Significance of the American Revolution." 304, 1996 348-349. 20 Nov 2008