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Black author takes a new look at Georgia's white founder

Michael Thurmond thought he was reading familiar history at the burial place of Georgia's colonial founder. ....

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The Skanner News - A Black Author Looks at Failed Attempt by Founder of Georgia to Ban Slavery

Black author Michael Thurmond says Georgia s white founding father deserves credit for inspiring the abolitionist movement that ultimately ended slavery. His new book - “James Oglethorpe, Father of Georgia” focuses on Oglethorpe s failed attempt to ban slavery after starting Britain s 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 enslaved Africans. His book says that while Georgia s early prohibition on slavery ended, Oglethorpe returned to England and inspired activists who would become Britain s first abolitionists. ....

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Black author argues Georgia's founder helped inspire abolition

Author Michael Thurmond explores colonial founder James Edward Oglethorpe's effort to ban slavery in new book. ....

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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. ....

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Was Georgia founder James Oglethorpe an ally to enslaved people?

DeKalb County CEO Michael Thurmond's book traces James Edward Oglethorpe’s origins before departing for America. Thurmond argues that seeing the cruelty of slavery firsthand changed Oglethorpe, who returned to England and shared his views with activists who would become Britain’s first abolitionists. ....

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