Robert Smalls published a newspaper, established a transportation company and served five terms in the United States Congress ...

A new graphic novel sharing the story of Robert Smalls’ released Thursday in honor of Juneteenth. Here’s what to know.

“Finding Freedom: The Journey of Robert Smalls” is the organization’s first-ever commissioned theatrical work. The multidisciplinary production, which opens at Charleston Gaillard Center on ...

Smalls’ story will be told in Finding Freedom: The Journey of Robert Smalls, which opens Oct. 6 at the Charleston Gaillard Center. | Photo courtesy of the South Carolina Room at the Charleston ...

As darkness enveloped the waters of Charleston Harbor, Robert Smalls realized that he would have no better chance to escape slavery than that morning. It was May 13, 1862, and Smalls did not ...

Charleston's waterfront was the backdrop for one man's escape to freedom. Robert Smalls may have been raised on a Buford South Carolina plantation, but he soon discovered he was at home on the water.

CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCBD) – The Charleston Museum will host a special storytelling event about Robert Smalls on Wednesday for young children. Museum Educators will tell the story of Robert Smalls ...

Far more valuable was the education he received on the water; few knew Charleston harbor better than Robert Smalls. It’s where he earned his job on the Planter. It’s also where he met his ...

“If you’re an enslaved person working on one of these boats around the Charleston Harbor like Robert Smalls, you’ve got the tools, you’ve got the talent, you’ve got the boat and you know ...