Uncover the inspiring story of Robert Smalls, who escaped slavery via a daring sea mission and later became a significant political figure. Trump Special Counsel Report Release Left in Limbo by ...

South Carolina Statue Honoring Black Hero Robert Smalls Will Stare Down a Segregationist COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — A group studying where to put South Carolina’s first Statehouse monument to an ...

COLUMBIA — South Carolina lawmakers have chosen an artist and design for a Statehouse monument to Civil War legend Robert Smalls after several months of discussions. They've also picked a ...

A clay rendering of the Robert Smalls monument. Basil Watson, of Georgia, design selected was selected to sculpt the statue. Provided photo COLUMBIA, S.C. A monument honoring a former Black ...

As reporter Tony Kukulich notes, a settlement agreement has taken shape in the 2-year-long legal battle over the historic Robert Smalls House ... making sure all the parties involved get ...

The Independent is trusted by Americans across the entire political spectrum ... to an individual African American has decided Robert Smalls’ statue should be staring down a notorious white ...

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — 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 ...

This image from the Library of Congress Brady-Handy photograph collection shows a portrait of Robert Smalls created between 1870 and 1880. (Library of Congress via AP) ...