Beggars Bush Cane Mill Plantation, 615 Mud Creek Road, Albany, Georgia GA 31707-9595, USA.
Albany was founded in 1836 as a centre to processing cotton. The location is in an undeveloped area to the west of the city. There is no connection with the Albany in South Africa.
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Posted: April 10th, 2011 | Filed under: Places | Tags: Albany, Georgia, USA | No Comments »
This is one of three frontier sites where English settlers arrived in a non English speaking country. Before Virginia English settlers arrived in Philipstown, County Offally, Ireland, and after it, Albany, Cape Province, South Africa. They have many features in common; they were on the very edge of the British Empire, they were remote. the settlers were poorly prepared, may not have been told the whole truth before they emigrated and the natives were not friendly.
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Posted: March 13th, 2011 | Filed under: Places | Tags: Albany, Cape Province, Charles River, County Offaly, Ireland, Philipstown, South Africa, USA, Virginia, beggars, frontier, geuzen, proverb | 6 Comments »