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Statue Of Escaped Slave-Turned-Congressman Is 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.
Robert Smalls to Be Immortalized with Statue at SC Statehouse
More than a century after his death, Robert Smalls, a towering figure in American history who rose from slavery to become a Civil War hero and influential polit
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.
The story of Civil War hero Robert Smalls
Michael Boulware Moore, his great-great-grandson and author of the book “ Freedom on the Sea: The True Story of the Civil War Hero Robert Smalls and His Daring Escape to Freedom ,” joins host Anthony Brooks to talk about Smalls’ life and legacy.
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.
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Robert Smalls - Smithsonian Institution
Robert Smalls was a Republican politician from South Carolina who fought to secure rights for African Americans during Reconstruction. He entered politics in 1868 as a delegate at the South ...
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"DEFIANT: The Story of Robert Smalls" Author Rob Edwards - KATU
It's an extraordinary story that's beenAt the height of the Civil War, on May 12, 1862, Robert Smalls—an enslaved harbor pilot in Charleston, South Carolina—car ...