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Robert Smalls Parkway is a section of U.S. Highway 170 that runs through Beaufort. A bust of Robert Smalls is located at Tabernacle Baptist Church in Downtown Beaufort, where the Civil War hero is ...
Shortly after Robert Smalls met with President Abraham Lincoln, War Secretary Edwin Stanton allowed 5,000 former slaves to fight for the Union Army during the Civil War.
Shortly after Robert Smalls met with President Abraham Lincoln, War Secretary Edwin Stanton allowed 5,000 former slaves to fight for the Union Army during the Civil War.
AUGUSTA, Ga. (WRDW/WAGT) - A Civil War hero and a man whose lasting legacy is still felt in South Carolina today will soon be honored at the State House. This recognition of Robert Smalls will be ...
It's an extraordinary story that's beenAt the height of the Civil War, on May 12, 1862, Robert Smalls—an enslaved harbor pilot in Charleston, South Carolina—car ...
The ship’s pilot helped his family reach freedom, then served in the Civil War and in the U.S. Congress. Robert Smalls’s statue will be the first to honor an individual Black citizen on South ...
Robert Smalls’ monumental life Robert Smalls was born in 1839 in Beaufort and died in 1915 in his hometown a free, but somewhat forgotten man who lived a life unimaginable to a woman holding her ...
Robert Smalls made headlines when he commandeered a Confederate ship during the Civil War. Library of Congress. South Carolina plans to erect a statue honoring Robert Smalls, a man who escaped ...
Or would a more fitting tribute to Smalls be to recognize the statesman who served in the South Carolina House and Senate and the U.S. House after the Civil War? Smalls bought his master's house ...
Robert Smalls’ monumental life Robert Smalls was born in 1839 in Beaufort and died in 1915 in his hometown a free, but somewhat forgotten man who lived a life unimaginable to a woman holding her ...
The ship’s pilot helped his family reach freedom, then served in the Civil War and in the U.S. Congress. Robert Smalls’s statue will be the first to honor an individual Black citizen on South ...