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.

[3] Habersham subsequently married Hester Wylly, who was born in Ireland.

[4] Though according to his father, Habersham was "gentleman that is not overly fond of business", he founded a mercantile firm which specialized in importing goods with his cousin Joseph Clay in the 1760s.

The firm imported hundreds of African slaves to Savannah, some of which were advertised as being "direct from the River Gambia".

In 1789, construction was completed of Habersham House in Savannah's Reynolds Square.