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 ...
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Today is Georgia Day, which marks the 1733 landing of explorer James Oglethorpe and a group of settlers at what is now Savannah. 🌧️ Rain and 55° today. 🔎 Spelman professor Joycelyn Nicole Wilson ...
Athens native Michael Thurmond shares the anti-slavery feelings of Georgia's founder, General James Oglethorpe.