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DeKalb County CEO publishes new book about Georgia’s founding founder
Channel 2’s Berndt Petersen was at the state capitol in downtown Atlanta where Thurmond says there is much more to know about James Oglethorpe. [DOWNLOAD: Free WSB-TV News app for alerts as news ...
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Could Georgia’s white founder have been an ally to enslaved people? A new book dissects his history
Thurmond would grapple with questions raised by that visit for the next 27 years, compelled to take a closer look at Oglethorpe. Now he has written a provocatively titled book: “James Oglethorpe ...
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Betty Wood on Oglethorpe, the founder of Georgia
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 ...