Local historian Greg Caggiano will speak on Colonel Tye and the Black Loyalist Movement in Monmouth County at the Atlantic Highlands Library in Borough Hall on Thursday, February 22 at 6:30 p.m…
Tye, a man who escaped slavery in Monmouth County and sided with the Loyalists against the Yankees during the Revolution has been termed the greatest military leader you never heard of. Caggiano will speak on the role of Parliament and the politics of early emancipation in the colonies.
