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Politics
Sam Janesch

Gov.-elect Wes Moore embraces Maryland’s Black history as he readies for historic oath of office

BALTIMORE — The inauguration day of Westley Watende Omari Moore as Maryland’s first Black governor is shaping up to look like a walk through history.

An early morning visit to the Annapolis docks where enslaved Africans once arrived on Maryland’s shores.

An oath of office using a Bible owned by Frederick Douglass.

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