Robert Smalls​ escaped slavery in Charleston by commandeering a Confederate ship and became a top Union naval officer and South Carolina lawmaker.

Artist Basil Watson is creating the first statue of an African American, Civil War hero Robert Smalls, to be placed on South Carolina's Statehouse grounds.

The LSV-8 was named in honor of Robert Smalls, who was a 23-year-old slave during the Civil War when he commandeered a Confederate transport steamer loaded with armaments and used the vessel to ...

After all, the Robert Smalls House is more than a building and garden. It is an incredible opportunity for our nation to tell the full American story, one that is compelling in its glory and its pain.

At 23-years-old, Robert Smalls won freedom for himself and his family. The Beaufort County man went from slavery to pilot during the Civil War before being elected to Congress.

A bust of Robert Smalls, who will soon be the first African American individual with a statue at the South Carolina Statehouse, is displayed Reconstruction Era National Historic Park, Thursday ...

A man named Robert Smalls escaped slavery, along with his family and other slaves, by stealing a Confederate ship and was later elected to the U.S. House of Representatives.