Charleston Harbour, South Carolina, 1862. A man named Robert Smalls is staging a daring escape from slavery. Smalls had been forced to work as pilot on a prized confederate navy ship called the ...

Meet the real-life superhero Robert Smalls in Legion M's comic Defiant, bringing history to life in a daring Civil War tale. Learn the incredible story of Smalls stealing a Confederate warship ...

Early Life and Enslavement: Robert Smalls was born in 1839 in Beaufort, South Carolina, into slavery. His mother, who was ...