James Oglethorpe formed a plan to resettle debtors in America. His main focus was to help the poor Britons that were in debtors' prisons.Ê
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Georgia was Founded by James Oglethorpe as a refuge for debtors.
James oglethorpe cared about debtors since his friend died in a debtor's prison. Georgia was originally founded as a colony for debtors.
that protected debtors
James Oglethorpe did travel to Georga. He did so he and other could get away from debtors
James Edward Oglethorpe (22 December 1696 - 30 June 1785) was a British general, a philanthropist, and was the founder of the colony of Georgia. As a social reformer in Britain, he hoped to resettle Britain's poor, especially those in debtors' prison, in the New World
James Oglethorpe. He made it as a refuge for debtors.
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He was the founder of Georgia and freed the debtors
he wnted debtors to be safe from atackers
Because a man by the name of James Oglethorpe offered to pay the debtors and poor people to travel to Georgia. Sounds like a bad idea...
James Oglethorpe