On Monday, Georgia marks the 291st anniversary of its founding by General James Oglethorpe. When it was founded on Feb. 12, 1733, the colony of Georgia was envisioned as a unique economic ...

A: James Oglethorpe was a member of the Royal African Company, as of course were many other English gentlemen. But I think that Oglethorpe's opposition to slavery in Georgia had to do with the ...

A statue of James Edward Oglethorpe stands in Chippewa Square in Savannah, Ga. on Feb. 9, 2024. (AP Photo/Russ Bynum) ...

A Black author says Georgia's white founding father deserves credit for inspiring the abolitionist movement that ultimately ended slavery.

“He founded slave-free Georgia in 1733 and, 100 years later, England abolishes slavery,” DeKalb County CEO Michael Thurmond said, referring to James Edward Oglethorpe. “He was a man far ...

On Oct. 7, 1996, Michael Thurmond was part of a delegation that traveled to England to celebrate the 300th birthday of British native James Oglethorpe, who founded the British colony of Georgia in ...

A new book by Michael Thurmond titled "James Oglethorpe, Father of Georgia" focuses on Oglethorpe's failed attempt to ban slavery after starting Britain's 13th American colony in 1733.

When Georgia gained statehood in the 1700s, individual colonists drank an estimated four gallons of rum a year. A 30-year ban on alcohol later made it difficult to distill spirits, but now, the ...

A new book by Thurmond entitled “James Oglethorpe, Father of Georgia” focuses on Georgia's white founding father’s failed attempt to ban slavery after starting Britain's 13th American colony ...