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The Former Slave Who Stole a Confederate Ship to Achieve His Family's Freedom
One year after the first shots of the Civil War were fired at nearby Fort Sumter, the Planter’s three white officers went ...
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African American Civil War hero to be honored outside SC’s state grounds
Robert Smalls was born in 1839 in Beaufort, South Carolina, and died in 1915 in ... In May 1862, during the Civil War, the steel-nerved ship pilot waited for the ship’s white Confederate crew ...
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South Carolina to Erect Its First-Ever Statue Honoring African American: A Civil War Hero Who Posed as a Confederate Soldier to Steal a Slaver's Ship
Robert Smalls was born into slavery in Beaufort, South Carolina, in 1839. He gained notoriety during the Civil War after ...
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South Carolina statue honoring Black hero Robert Smalls will stare down a segregationist
Robert Smalls was born in 1839 in Beaufort, South Carolina, and died in 1915 in ... In May 1862, during the Civil War, the steel-nerved ship pilot waited for the ship’s white Confederate crew ...