SALZBURGERS
\sˈaltsbɜːɡəz], \sˈaltsbɜːɡəz], \s_ˈa_l_t_s_b_ɜː_ɡ_ə_z]\
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Numerous immigrants from among these people, Protestants driven out by the oppressions of the Prince-Bishop of Salzburg, settled in what was afterward Georgia previous to the granting of Oglethorpe's patent in 1733. Their chief settlement was a mere hamlet called Ebeuezer. They and the Highlanders aided Oglethorpe considerably in his troubles with the Spaniards and unfriendly Indians. They owned land on the communal system. They were chiefly farmers and Indian traders and were opposed to the introduction of negroes.
By John Franklin Jameson
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