Statue location honoring Robert Smalls at SC State House picked. Here’s where it will go
Robert Smalls, an enslaved man, commandeered a Confederate ship during the Civil War to bring slaves to freedom. Later, he was elected to the state Legislature and Congress.
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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 Smalls’ statue ... Born into bondage, Smalls stole a Confederate ship ...
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Statue honoring Black hero will stare down segregationist
This image from the Library of Congress Brady-Handy photograph collection shows a portrait of Robert Smalls ... Born into bondage, Smalls stole a Confederate ship during the Civil War to sail ...