<Table> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> This article is an orphan, as no other articles link to it . Please introduce links to this page from related articles; try the Find link tool for suggestions . (November 2015) </Td> </Tr> </Table> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> This article is an orphan, as no other articles link to it . Please introduce links to this page from related articles; try the Find link tool for suggestions . (November 2015) </Td> </Tr> <P> The Salzburger Emigrants are a group of German - speaking Protestant refugees that emigrated to Georgia in 1734 to escape religious persecution . This group was expelled by the Catholic Authorities in present - day Austria . Pastor Samuel Urlsperger, the leader of the Society for Promotion of Christian Knowledge, called upon King George II of England for help . The Lutheran King offered them refuge in his Georgia colony, which later became the town of Ebenezer . </P> <P> In 1734, Johann Martin Boltzius and Israel Gronau led the group of 300 Salzburgers who sailed from England to Georgia . They arrived in Charleston, South Carolina on March 7, and proceeded to Savannah on March 12 . James Oglethorpe, the founder of the Georgia colony, met them upon arrival and assigned them the piece of land that would become Ebenezer . </P>

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