A nearly forgotten part of Maryland’s Revolutionary War history is now permanently enshrined on the grounds of the Maryland State House.
A new monument, called “Black Patriots, The Pursuit of Transcendent Liberty,” commemorates the roughly 150 Black Marylanders — some free, some enslaved— who fought against the British during the Revolutionary War.
“I am keenly present to the fact that I would not be standing here before you were it not for these brave individuals, whose actions and whose sacrifices, and generations of brave individuals who stood for something greater,” Branly Cadet, the sculptor, said during an unveiling ceremony…