George II (r. 1727 – 1760) grants the Georgia Patent to James Oglethorpe. The colony is to be settled with debtors as an alternative punishment to imprisonment for debt.
[restored 6/4/2021] Thanks to Jim Lorenz for this entry.
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Magna Carta, Chapter 13
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