North Charleston police release details about the March 8 fatal shooting at the Gables mobile home park of Ashley Phosphate ...
CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCBD) – The Charleston Museum will host a special storytelling event about Robert Smalls on Wednesday for young children. Museum Educators will tell the story of Robert Smalls ...
Early Life and Enslavement: Robert Smalls was born in 1839 in Beaufort, South Carolina, into slavery. His mother, who was ...
Moore is a direct descendant of Robert Smalls, who made history by commandeering the steamboat Planter in 1862. Smalls later went on to become a South Carolina congressman during the ...
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On the evening of May 12, 1862, the Confederate ship Planter sailed into Charleston’s harbor, and the captain and officers, breaching protocol, disembarked for a night of socializing. It was the rare ...