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Colonial businessman and public official. Born in England, Habersham emigrated to Georgia (1738) with his friend George Whitefield, the avangelist, ostensibly for humanitarian purposes, nut soom became Georgia’s leading businessman and advocate of slavery. In 1749 the trustees of the colony withdrew James Edward Oglethorpe’s ban on slaves, acceding to Habersham’s argument that only slave-cultivated rice could save Georgia’s economy. Habersham later served as acting Governor (1771-1773).
