- At a time when states are debating the removal of Confederate monuments, Maryland is adding bronze statues of two of the state’s famous black historical figures to the Maryland State House. The statues of abolitionists Harriet Tubman and Frederick Douglass will be unveiled Monday night in the Old House Chamber, the room where slavery was abolished in Maryland in 1864. “It’s a really incredible, incredible, moment,” Senate President Bill Ferguson said, as he told senators about the upcoming event last month. The statues aren’t the only recent examples of the state taking steps to reflect its rich black history. During the unveiling ceremony, Ferguson, who became Senate president last month, recalled a letter he received from an 8th grader in Baltimore several years ago.

Source: thestar February 10, 2020 06:11 UTC