The Durango Herald

A Black author takes a new look at Georgia's white founder and his failed attempt to ban slavery

He says the Georgia colony ultimately protected slavery in its sister colonies by serving as a "white equivalent of the Berlin Wall” between South Carolina and Spanish Florida.Oglethorpe used slave ...
Athens Banner-Herald

Athens native Michael Thurmond writes book on Georgia's founder and his opposition to slavery

The written word can have a lasting impact. That’s what happened in 1996 when Athens native Michael Thurmond joined a Georgia delegation to England to participate in the 300 th birthday celebration of ...
walb

10 rural hospitals across Ga. received $400K donation from Colony Bank

FITZGERALD, Ga. (WALB) - Colony Bank’s recent $400K contribution to ten rural hospitals across Georgia through the Georgia HEART Hospital Program. The program will help amplify healthcare funding and ...
FOX 5 Atlanta

Was Georgia’s white founder an ally to enslaved people? A new book dissects his history

Michael Thurmond thought he was reading familiar history at the burial place of Georgia’s colonial founder. Then a single sentence on a marble plaque extolling the accomplishments of James Edward ...
Washington Times

A Black author takes a new look at Georgia’s White founder and his failed attempt to ban slavery

SAVANNAH, Ga. — Michael Thurmond thought he was reading familiar history at the burial place of Georgia’s colonial founder. Then a single sentence on a marble plaque extolling the accomplishments of ...
Yahoo

A Black author takes a new look at Georgia's white founder and his failed attempt to ban slavery

SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) — Michael Thurmond thought he was reading familiar history at the burial place of Georgia's colonial founder. Then a single sentence on a marble plaque extolling the accomplishments ...