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Lisa Elmaleh In May 1862, an enslaved man named Robert Smalls won renown by stealing the Planter, the Confederate military transport on which he served as a pilot. On a night when the ship’s ...
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South Carolina statue honoring Black hero Robert Smalls will stare down a segregationistREAD MORE | "Charleston leaders to honor Civil War hero Robert Smalls." In May 1862, during the Civil War, the steel-nerved ship pilot waited for the ship's white Confederate crew members to leave ...
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Statue location honoring Robert Smalls at SC State House picked. Here’s where it will goA monument honoring a former Black Congressman who commandeered a Confederate ship during the Civil War ... s entrance of the State House. The Robert Smalls statue will face the State House ...
On April 5, 1839, Robert ... 1851, Smalls moved to the Charleston estate of his owner John McKee, where he learned many trades such as lamplighter, sailor, expert navigator and other ship-related ...
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