Jamaican Born Sculptor to Create a Historic Statue at the South Carolina State House

Jamaican Sculptor Basil Watson

Jamaican sculptor Basil Watson has been commissioned to create a statue of Robert Smalls, a man who escaped slavery and went on to become a Civil War hero, state legislator, and five-term U.S. congressman. The sculpture will be the first monument at the South Carolina State House honoring an individual African American. This statue not […]