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James Habersham (1712–1775), British merchant, colonial official and advocate of slavery in the North American colony of Georgia James Habersham Jr. (1745–1799), American merchant and Speaker of the Georgia General Assembly, son of James; John Habersham (1754–1799), American merchant, planter, politician and Continental Army officer, son ...
Coat of Arms of James Habersham. Habersham was born in Beverley, Yorkshire, the son of a freeman and burgess, on 26 January 1712. He was baptised in the Anglican church of St Mary's. In 1722, he moved to London, where he worked as a merchant apprentice. In the 1730s, Habersham began following the teachings of George Whitefield and converted to ...
Joseph Habersham (July 28, 1751 – November 17, 1815) was an American businessman, Georgia politician, soldier in the Continental Army, and Postmaster General of the United States. Early years [ edit ]
James Habersham Jr. (c. 1745 – July 2, 1799) was an American merchant, slave trader, planter and politician who served as the speaker of the Georgia General Assembly in 1782 and 1784. [ 2 ] Early life
Also eon. age Age of Discovery Also called the Age of Exploration. The time period between approximately the late 15th century and the 17th century during which seafarers from various European polities traveled to, explored, and charted regions across the globe which had previously been unknown or unfamiliar to Europeans and, more broadly, during which previously isolated human populations ...
World history in the Western tradition is commonly divided into three parts, viz. ancient, medieval, and modern time. [2] The division on ancient and medieval periods is less sharp or absent in the Arabic and Asian historiographies.
LGBTQ history - study of LGBTQ people and their culture around the world; Local history – study of history in a geographically local context; Military history – study of warfare and wars in history; Naval history – branch of military history devoted to warfare at sea or in bodies of water; Paleography – study of ancient texts
A 1740 map of Paris. Ortelius World Map, 1570. Historical geography is the branch of geography that studies the ways in which geographic phenomena have changed over time. [1] In its modern form, it is a synthesizing discipline which shares both topical and methodological similarities with history, anthropology, ecology, geology, environmental studies, literary studies, and other fields.