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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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The remarkable journey of Robert Smalls, from slavery to statesman
Uncover the inspiring story of Robert Smalls, who escaped slavery via a daring sea mission and later became a significant political figure. Gavin Newsom Halts Ronald Reagan's Environmental Law ...
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African American Civil War hero to be honored outside SC’s state grounds
A group studying where to put South Carolina’s first Statehouse monument to an individual African American has decided Robert Smalls’ statue should be staring down a notorious white supremacist who ...
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South Carolina statue honoring Black hero Robert Smalls will stare down a segregationist
A group studying where to put South Carolina’s first Statehouse monument to an individual African American has decided Robert ... the former slave's work after the Civil War. The Smalls statue ...
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Design unveiled for Robert Smalls monument on SC Statehouse grounds
COLUMBIA — South Carolina lawmakers have chosen an artist and design for a Statehouse monument to Civil War legend Robert ... Born into slavery, during the Civil War in May 1862, Smalls ...
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Statue location honoring Robert Smalls at SC State House picked. Here’s where it will go
A clay rendering of the Robert Smalls monument ... The monument will have a panel with a biography, including Smalls being born into slavery, how he commandeered the Confederate Ship Planter ...