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Black Civil War hero Robert Smalls to be honored with statue at South Carolina State House
Before he was a South Carolina lawmaker recognized as a champion of civil rights, Robert Smalls escaped slavery in Charleston by commandeering a Confederate ship. Eventually, he would become a top Union naval officer during the Civil War.
Statue Of Escaped Slave-Turned-Congressman First Honoring A Black Person At South Carolina State House
Basil Watson calls it an honor to create a likeness of Smalls, the first Black person honored with a statue at the SC State House.
Escaped slave who became lawmaker will be first individual African American honored with statue at South Carolina State House
Robert Smalls​ escaped slavery in Charleston by commandeering a Confederate ship and became a top Union naval officer and South Carolina lawmaker.
Civil War hero Robert Smalls honored with historic first statue at South Carolina statehouse
Artist Basil Watson is creating the first statue of an African American, Civil War hero Robert Smalls, to be placed on South Carolina's Statehouse grounds.
Esacped slave who became lawmaker honored with statue at South Carolina Capitol
Robert Smalls​ escaped slavery in Charleston by commandeering a Confederate ship and became a top Union naval officer and South Carolina lawmaker.
Statue of Civil War hero Robert Smalls to be placed in Columbia, South Carolina
Robert Smalls was a historic South Carolina lawmaker who escaped slavery in Charleston by commandeering a Confederate ship. He would become a top Union naval officer during the Civil War.
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Robert Smalls To Be Honored With Statehouse Statue
Robert Smalls was born in Beaufort in 1839 to Lydia Polite, an enslaved woman. Smalls later purchased his childhood home, located at 511 Prince Street, from his former master.
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South Carolina Statue Honoring Black Hero Robert Smalls Will Stare Down ...
Robert Smalls was born in 1839 in Beaufort, South Carolina, and died in 1915 in his hometown a free, but somewhat forgotten man tossed aside by a Southern society determined to keep Blacks inferior.
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How Robert Smalls sailed his crew and family to freedom during ... - PBS
Robert Smalls and the men on the planter, the enslaved men, they said that this was a do or die mission. They weren't turning back because they knew they would be executed if they did.
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Black History’s Heroes Series: Robert Smalls, Civil War hero and ...
Robert Smalls is one of this country’s greatest heroes, yet most people have not heard of him. Living in relative anonymity compared to black history icons such as Harriet Tubman and Frederick ...
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Robert Smalls lived a heroic life. Why isn’t he a household name ...
U.S. Rep. Robert Smalls, seen here in a photo taken between 1870 and 1880, fought for Black rights after the Civil War and helped create public schools.
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Hogan: Gaillard tells story of Robert Smalls in its 1st commissioned ...
Rehearsals take place for “Finding Freedom: The Journey of Robert Smalls," the Charleston Gaillard Center's first-ever commissioned theatrical work. Amos Adams/Provided ...
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Did Robert Smalls Steal a Confederate Ship to Rescue Himself and Others ...
Smalls became a celebrity in the North and had a $4,000 bounty put on his head by the Confederacy. In addition to securing his freedom, Small was awarded $1,500 as a reward for the ship and its ...