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The history of the city of Savannah is bound to the history of slavery in the United States. Enslaved people built much of the city, which was settled in part to prevent enslaved people from South Carolina from fleeing to Florida, where Spanish colonists offered them freedom to weaken the English colonies. A new report from the Equal Justice Initiative looks at the legacy of slavery through the cities that played leading roles in promoting and enabling it.