General James Oglethorpe: from Georgia to Cranham Hall - John Phillips

John Phillips has had a lifelong interest in family and local history.

GENRE: History : American and British

Blurb:

James Oglethorpe was a British aristocrat in the eighteenth century who pioneered prison reform in the UK before founding the state of Georgia as a classless society for poor people from England. He planned the town of Savanah and established a deep friendship with Native Americans. Oglethorpe refused to allow slavery and defended Georgia from an attack by the Spanish in Florida. On his return to the UK, Oglethorpe supported the campaign to abolish slavery in the British Empire.