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Michael Thurmond, a Georgia politician and the current CEO of DeKalb County, discussed his newly released book titled “James Oglethorpe, Father of Georgia: A Founder’s Journey from Slave Trader to

SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) -- Michael Thurmond thought he was reading familiar history at the burial place of Georgias colonial founder. Then a single sentence on a marble plaque extolling the accomplishments of James Edward Oglethorpe left him stunned speechless.

SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) — A Black author says Georgias white founding father deserves credit for inspiring the abolitionist movement that ultimately ended slavery. A new book by Michael Thurmond titled "James Oglethorpe, Father of Georgia" focuses on Oglethorpes failed attempt to ban slavery after starting Britains 13th American colony in 1733. Historians have widely dismissed Oglethorpes effort as a naive failure, considering that by the time of the Civil War Georgia would have more ...

A Black author says Georgias white founding father deserves credit for inspiring the abolitionist movement that ultimately ended slavery. A new book by Michael Thurmond titled “James Oglethorpe, Father of

Black author Michael Thurmond says Georgias white founding father deserves credit for inspiring the abolitionist movement that ultimately ended slavery. His new book - “James Oglethorpe, Father of Georgia” --focuses on Oglethorpes failed attempt to ban slavery after starting Britains 13th American colony in 1733. By the time of the Civil War Georgia would have more slaves than any U.S. state but Virginia. But Thurmond argues Oglethorpe evolved to revile slavery and recognized the humanity in...

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SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) — Michael Thurmond thought he was reading familiar history at the burial place of Georgia's colonial founder. Then a single sentence on a marble plaque extolling the accomplishments of James Edward Oglethorpe left him stunned speechless.

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Michael Thurmond thought he was reading familiar history at the burial place of Georgia's colonial founder. Then a single sentence on a marble plaque extolling the accomplishments of James Edward Oglethorpe left him stunned speechless. Oglethorpe led the expedition that established Georgia as the last of Britain's 13 American colonies in February 1733.

SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) — Michael Thurmond thought he was reading familiar history at the burial place of Georgia’s colonial founder. Then a single sentence on a marble plaque extolling the accomplishments of James Edward Oglethorpe left him stunned speechless. Within a lengthy tribute to the Englishman who died in 1785, the inscription read: “He was […]