Robert Smalls (April 5, 1839 – February 23, 1915) was an American politician who was born into slavery in Beaufort, South Carolina.

Robert Smalls did something unimaginable: In the midst of the Civil War, this black male slave commandeered a Confederate ship and delivered its 16 black men, women and children …

Jan 11, 2025 · Robert Smalls (born April 5, 1839, Beaufort, South Carolina, U.S.—died February 23, 1915, Beaufort) was an American war hero and politician who, during the American Civil …

May 12, 2021 · As a pilot, Smalls got used to navigating in his home state, Georgia, Florida, and along the southeast coast. A Union blockade was positioned seven miles out from Charleston …

Feb 13, 2019 · SAVANNAH, GA (WTOC) - From slave to four term U.S. congressman; that’s just a small part of the remarkable life Robert Smalls. The Beaufort native’s courage is still being …

Dec 4, 2018 · Enslaved from birth in 1839, Robert Smalls was a sailor who self-liberated and changed the course of history during the Civil War. Later, he was elected to the House of …

Jun 21, 2024 · Robert Smalls was ethnically Gullah Geechee, a society of African descendants along the coast and sea islands of the Carolinas, Georgia, and North Florida. And his …

I n May 1862, an enslaved man named Robert Smalls won renown by stealing the Planter, the Confederate military transport on which he served as a pilot.

Robert Smalls was a Civil War hero and prominent black political leader during the Reconstruction Era. He was born in 1839 in Beaufort, South Carolina, where he was enslaved by a local …

May 16, 2023 · At this new plantation, he worked many jobs that had to do with sailing such as lighthouse lamplighter, sailmaker, etc. Eventually, he became a sailor (while still enslaved), …