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Hear the story of Robert Smalls at Charleston Museum
Museum Educators will tell the story of Robert Smalls in the galleries of The Charleston Museum. Organizers say they will read stories about the cultural and natural history of the Lowcountry. The ...
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Descendant of slave who stole rebel ship named Charleston museum head
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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Black History Month Minute: Robert Smalls
Early Life and Enslavement: Robert Smalls was born in 1839 in Beaufort, South Carolina, into slavery. His mother, who was ...
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A Complicated Past
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 ...