▁the ▁Th ir teen ▁Col on ies ). ▁ ▁F ounded ▁in ▁the ▁ 1 7 3 0 s , ▁Georgia ' s ▁powerful ▁back ers ▁did ▁not ▁object ▁to ▁sla very ▁as ▁an ▁institution , ▁but ▁their ▁business ▁model ▁was ▁to ▁rely ▁on ▁labor ▁from ▁Britain ▁( prim arily ▁England ' s ▁poor ) ▁and ▁they ▁were ▁also ▁concerned ▁with ▁security , ▁given ▁the ▁clos eness ▁of ▁then ▁Spanish ▁Florida , ▁and ▁Spain ' s ▁regular ▁offers ▁to ▁enemy - s la ves ▁to ▁revol t ▁or ▁escape . ▁Despite ▁ag itation ▁for ▁sla very , ▁it ▁was ▁not ▁until ▁a ▁defeat ▁of ▁the ▁Spanish ▁by ▁Georgia ▁colonial s ▁in ▁the ▁ 1 7 4 0 s ▁that ▁arguments ▁for ▁opening ▁the ▁col ony ▁to ▁sla very ▁intens ified . ▁ ▁To ▁staff ▁the ▁rice ▁plant ations ▁and ▁settlement s , ▁Georgia ' s ▁propriet ors ▁rel ented ▁in ▁ 1 7 5 1 , ▁and ▁African ▁sla very ▁grew ▁quickly . ▁ ▁After ▁becoming ▁a ▁royal ▁col ony , ▁in ▁the ▁ 1 7 6 0 s ▁Georgia ▁began ▁importing ▁slaves ▁directly ▁from ▁Africa . ▁ ▁Florida ▁ ▁When ▁St . ▁August ine , ▁F L , ▁was ▁founded ▁in ▁ 1 5 6 5 , ▁the ▁site ▁already ▁had ▁ens la ved ▁Native ▁Americans , ▁whose ▁ancest ors ▁had ▁migr ated ▁from ▁Cuba . ▁The ▁Spanish ▁introduced ▁African ▁slaves ▁in ▁what ▁is ▁now ▁Florida ▁soon ▁after ▁they ▁claimed ▁the ▁area ▁in ▁ 1 5 1 3 . ▁The ▁Spanish ▁settlement