#tomochichi

[almostasenior]

In Memory Of Tomo-Chi-Chi

Wright Square Savannah Georgia Thank you for stopping by and I hope you are enjoying the sites of Savannah Georgia 🙂 Alice SixWordSaturday

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February 12, 1733 The Last Colony

February 12, 1733 The Last Colony

In 1727 England, the anonymously published book “The Sailor’s Advocate”, argued for improvements in the terrible working conditions, that sailors of the day were forced to endure.

The pamphlet’s “unknown” author was James Oglethorpe, a crusader, an idealist, and member of the British Parliament.  Oglethorpe saw urbanization as the great evil of his day, the stripping of the productively employed…

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[drzart]

Old ghost of Tomochichi stencil #stencilart #tomochichi #painting #art #ghost #handcut (at South Slope, Brooklyn)

[drzart]

My #Tomochichi painting is apparently in #savannah #homes magazine. #DrZ #77

[artofhitjim]

Happy Indigenous People's day!  In honor of today I decided to draw Tomochichi!  He was the chief of the Yamacraw Natives and helped James Ogelthorpe settle the city of Savannah.  He traveled with James to England and met King George II and petitioned the English government for educational rights and fair trade for Natives.  You can learn more about him here: http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/…/tomochichi-ca-1644-1739 ‪#‎indigenouspeoplesday‬ ‪#‎drawanative‬ ‪#‎inktober‬ ‪#‎drawloween‬ ‪#‎tomochichi‬

[nickkahler]

James Oglethorpe, Mary Musgrove and Tomochichi, c. 1750 (via gagov)

[nickkahler]

William Verelst, James Oglethorpe Presenting Tomochichi and the Yamacraw Indians to the Georgia Trustees, 1734