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.

Titled “DEFIANT: The Story of Robert Smalls,” the illustrated book chronicles ... act of defiance took place on May 12, 1862, in the Charleston Harbor. At just 23 years old and still enslaved ...

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 ...

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A naval ship honoring a former South Carolinian who escaped slavery by sailing through Charleston Harbor and served as the first Black captain in the U.S. Navy has apparently evaded a reported ...

COLUMBIA, S.C. (WCBD) — A state panel has decided where a monument memorializing Civil War hero Robert ... achievements. Smalls was born a slave in Beaufort but was sent to Charleston to work ...

North Charleston’s Sustainability Institute ... Coming comic books tell the story of Robert Smalls. Rob Edwards’ upcoming graphic novel “Defiant,” is part of a broader effort to educate ...

The former adjunct professor at Clemson University’s historic preservation graduate program in Charleston ... Smalls House in the city’s historic Point Neighborhood where Civil War hero Robert ...

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