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<p>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 ensl

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Author

Michael L. Thurmond, James F. Brooks

Publisher

University of Georgia Press

Published

2024

Language

EN

ISBN

9780820366029

Category

biography

Subjects

History, Biography, Historical Fiction

Updated

2026-03-25