DARE Interview : Savannah, Georgia; Primary Informant GA015

Fieldworker

Lampman, Michael

Date

• 1966

Publisher

Dictionary of American Regional English

Summary

• Informant Data:
• GA015: White; female; age: 81 (old); education: high school; community type: large city
• Media Files:
• Arthur the Rat. Speaker: GA015 (5:02) [Severe tape hiss]
• Full Interview (Tape 0300-S1).
• Content:
• 00:25 Foundation of Georgia Colony, settled by debtors and Scots
• 05:10 Oglethorpe an early colonial leader, although the first settlers were not very organized
• 09:15 Colony had a bad reputation because of debtors. Did not allow slavery at first until the need for labor forced it
• 13:35 Arthur the Rat
• 18:35 Tape end