Fort Frederica National Monument
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"In 1739 war broke out between Britain and Spain over the slave trade. Fighting ranged over the Carribbean and up the Georgia coast to Frederica. Expecting a Spanish attack, Oglethorpe enclosed the town within a earthen wall and a palisaded moat, 10 feet wide and fed by the river. Not one to wait passively for the enemy to strike, the aggressive Oglethorpe set out in early 1740 to capture St. Augustine. Taking some 900 troops and 1,100 Indian allies, he laid siege to the Spanish town but could not breach its defenses. By mid-summer, his plans awry, the frustrated Oglethorpe was back in Frederica."
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