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James Edward Oglethorpe
James Edward Oglethorpewas born in 1696 in London, England. He had an early and successful military career and served on the British parliament for more than three decades.
James edward oglethorpe georgia timeline
The lessons he learned and the people he met as a young man played a huge roll in shaping Oglethorpe as a man and the future colony of Georgia.
In England, Oglethorpe pushed for penal reform and an end to slavery and religious persecution.
He was a man of ideals and dreamt of place where men were productively employed, rather than living in an overcrowded and underemployed city such as London with little choice but to resort to criminal activity and be thrown into prison for their debts.
He was inspired to found a new colony in North America where the poor could start over and Protestants could avoid discrimination.
In 1732, Oglethorpe persuaded King George II to grant a charter to create the new colony of Georgia and name Oglethorpe as one of its Trustees to govern it.
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