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

A Black author says Georgia's 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

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