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Type(s) de contenu et mode(s) de consultation : Texte noté : sans médiation
Auteur(s) : Thurmond, Michael L.
Titre(s) : James Oglethorpe, father of Georgia [Texte imprimé] : a founder's journey from slave trader to abolitionist / Michael L. Thurmond ; [foreword by James F. Brooks]
Publication : Athens : The University of Georgia Press, copyright [2024]
Description matérielle : 1 vol. (xiv, 241 pages) : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
Note(s) : Includes bibliographical references (pages 219-234)and index
"Founded by James Oglethorpe on February 12, 1733, the Georgia colony was envisioned
as a unique social welfare experiment. Administered by twenty-one original trustees,
the Georgia Plan offered England's "worthy poor" and persecuted Christians an opportunity
to achieve financial security in the New World by exporting goods produced on small
farms. Most significantly, Oglethorpe and his fellow Trustees were convinced that
economic vitality could not be achieved through the exploitation of enslaved Black
laborers. Due primarily to Oglethorpe's strident advocacy, Georgia was the only British
American colony to prohibit chattel slavery prior to the American Revolutionary War.
His outspoken opposition to the transatlantic slave trade distinguished Oglethorpe
from all of America's more celebrated founding fathers. James Oglethorpe, Father of
Georgia uncovers how Oglethorpe's philosophical and moral evolution from slave trader
to abolitionist was propelled by his intellectual relationships with two formerly
enslaved Black men. Oglethorpe's unique "friendships" with Ayuba Suleiman Diallo and
Olaudah Equiano, two of eighteenth-century England's most influential Black men, are
little-known examples of interracial antislavery activism that breathed life into
the formal abolitionist movement. Utilizing more than two decades of meticulous research,
fresh historical analysis, and compelling storytelling, Michael L. Thurmond rewrites
the prehistory of abolitionism and adds an important new chapter to Georgia's origin
story"
Autre(s) forme(s) du titre :
- Autre forme du titre : Father of Georgia
- Autre forme du titre : Founder's journey from slave trader to abolitionist
Sujet(s) : Oglethorpe, James (1696-1785)
Equiano, Olaudah (1745-1797)
Diallo, Ayuba Suleiman (1701-1773)
Abolition de l'esclavage -- Géorgie (États-Unis) -- 18e siècle
Traite des esclaves -- Géorgie (États-Unis) -- 18e siècle
Identifiants, prix et caractéristiques : ISBN 9780820366043. - ISBN 0820366048. - ISBN 9780820366029 (erroné). - ISBN 9780820366012
(erroné)
Identifiant de la notice : ark:/12148/cb47431481x
Notice n° :
FRBNF47431481
(notice reprise d'un réservoir extérieur)
Table des matières : List of illustrations -- ; Foreword, by James F. Brooks -- ; Acknowledgments -- ;
Introduction -- ; Part I: "No common slave".. In the land of Christians -- ; Worldly
servitude and spiritual freedom -- ; "Asilum of the unfortunate" -- ; A scene of horror
-- ; "The labour of negros" -- ; "The debatable land" -- ; Diallo is a free man --
; Part II: A prohibition against slavery.. "O God, where are thy tender mercies?"
-- ; The prophecy -- ; The Stono rebellion -- ; A fortress of freedom -- ; Ten times
worse than pagans -- ; Arming enslaved soldiers -- ; Part III: "Give me liberty or
give me death!". A sincere lover of justice -- ; "A very uncommon case" -- ; "We hold
these truths to be self-evident" -- ; "An act of justice" -- ; "Let my people go!"
-- ; Death at Ebenezer Creek -- ; "Glory be to God, we are free!" -- ; Lincoln's second
inaugural address -- ; Conclusion. The Oglethorpe Legacy: "The friend of the oppressed
negro" -- ; Appendix. Primary documents on enslavement and abolition.
