He wanted to reform England’s debtor prisons ….James Edward Oglethorpe
“I know of no man who had a more interesting life.”
--Dr. Samuel Johnson
Learn more about this inspiring humanitarian idealist who founded Georgia on February 12, 1733, for the worthy poor, drew up the town plan for Savannah, and then courageously defended the youngest British colony against the Spanish Empire. In the 18th Century the remarkable General Oglethorpe insisted that in Georgia there be:
No slaves!
No mistreatment of Native Americans!
No Lawyers!
3rd Annual GPC Georgia Founder’s Day Illustrated Lecture:
“General Oglethorpe and the Founding of Georgia”
By Paul Stephen Hudson, Ph.D.
Department Chair, Business and Social Sciences GPC Clarkston Campus, and member of the James Edward Oglethorpe Tercentenary Commission who has published extensively for the Georgia Historical Society on General Oglethorpe.
Thursday, February 8, at 9:30 am,
JCLRC Auditorium with reception to follow
Presented by the SGA Lyceum Committee
Business and Social Sciences Department, Clarkston Campus
Social Science Department, Georgia Perimeter College
Clarkston Honors Program Student Association and GPC Honors Program
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