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

SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) — 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 ...
FOX 5 Atlanta

Was Georgia’s white founder an ally to enslaved people? A new book dissects his history

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 ...
JSTOR Daily

FINANCING THE COLONIZATION OF GEORGIA

The Georgia Historical Quarterly is one of the premier state historical journals in the United States, published quarterly by the Georgia Historical Society. The Quarterly publishes the finest ...
Athens Banner-Herald

Athens native Michael Thurmond writes book on Georgia's founder and his opposition to slavery

The written word can have a lasting impact. That’s what happened in 1996 when Athens native Michael Thurmond joined a Georgia delegation to England to participate in the 300 th birthday celebration of ...
The Durango Herald

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

He says the Georgia colony ultimately protected slavery in its sister colonies by serving as a "white equivalent of the Berlin Wall” between South Carolina and Spanish Florida.Oglethorpe used slave ...
Washington Times

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

SAVANNAH, Ga. — 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 ...