COLUMBIA, S.C. — An enslaved man named Watt helped Patriots win a 1780 Revolutionary War battle in York County, and a new statewide project wants to lead travelers to the places where stories like his happened.
The project comes as South Carolina commemorates the 250th anniversary of American independence.
The WeGOJA Foundation has received a $60,000 grant from the South Carolina American Revolution Sestercentennial Commission, known as SC250, to research the contributions of Black South Carolinians during the war.
What is CadenceSC?
The research will help lay the groundwork for CadenceSC, a planned digital heritage travel guide that will highlight historical figures, battlefields, plantations, cemeteries and other locations connected to Black participation in the Revolution…