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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 ...
James Habersham (26 January 1712 – 28 August 1775) was an English-born American merchant, planter, missionary, teacher and politician who lived the majority of his life in the Province of Georgia. [1] Habersham is credited with opening the first direct trade between Savannah, Georgia, and London.
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
Term Description Examples Autocracy: Autocracy is a system of government in which supreme power (social and political) is concentrated in the hands of one person or polity, whose decisions are subject to neither external legal restraints nor regularized mechanisms of popular control (except perhaps for the implicit threat of a coup d'état or mass insurrection).
Habersham County is a county in the Northeast region of the U.S. state of Georgia.As of the 2020 census, the population was 46,031. [1] The county seat is Clarkesville. [2] The county was created on December 15, 1818, and named for Colonel Joseph Habersham of the Continental Army in the Revolutionary War.
The Habersham family is a early-settler family from Great Britain in the United States, notably in Georgia. They are the namesakes of Habersham County, Georgia . Pages in category "Habersham family"
The political history of the world is the history of the various political entities created by the human race throughout their existence and the way these states define their borders. Throughout history , political systems have expanded from basic systems of self-governance and monarchy to the complex democratic and totalitarian systems that ...
Joseph Habersham, a major in the Georgia militia, placed Governor Wright under house arrest, and extracted a promise from the governor that he would not attempt to communicate with the British ships. [6] Wright, who continued to be harassed in spite of his confinement, feared for his life, and escaped the mansion on the night of February 11.