USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -Oglethorpe imagined the Georgia colony to be an ideal agrarian society; he opposed slavery and allowed people of all religions to settle in Savannah even though the charter stated that Catholics and Jewish people were not allowed.

Detailed explanation-2: -An Opponent of Slavery He did not publicly comment on the war, but in private he tried to convince the government to negotiate a truce in 1777-1778. Throughout his life, Oglethorpe remained an outspoken opponent of slavery in the colonies.

Detailed explanation-3: -He was a social reformer in England founding Georgia, after a grant from King George II, to resettle Britain’s poor, especially those in debtors’ prison. He established a small group on the Savanna River hoping to create a debtors colony that was free of vice.

Detailed explanation-4: -James Edward Oglethorpe, (born December 22, 1696, London, England-died June 30/July 1, 1785, Cranham Hall, Essex, England), English army officer, philanthropist, and founder of the British colony of Georgia in America.