A History of Misbehavior: Pirates, Pickpockets, Prostitutes, and Parishioners in Colonial Savannah

The Georgia colony in Savannah was not your ordinary settlement.
Comprised of London's "deserving poor," the colony was filled with a good share of hard-drinking, rough-hewn souls and petty criminals.

Pickpockets, prostitutes, pirates, and everyday scoundrels walked the Savannah streets, where they were surrounded by dangerous swamps and skulking Spanish spies from Florida.

Discover everyday life in early Savannah:

• The first courts were run by three magistrates, who indulged in their own share...