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A Black author takes a new look at Georgia's white founder and his failed attempt to ban slavery

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. ....

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A Black author takes a new look at Georgia's white founder and his failed attempt to ban slavery – Metro US

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 […] ....

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A Black author takes new look at Georgia's white founder and his failed attempt to ban slavery

Could Georgia's white founding father possibly have been an ally to Black people in an era when the British Empire was forcing thousands into bondage? ....

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