Aug 29, 2024 · In honor of his impact on SC, a monument of Robert Smalls will be on state house grounds, marking the first African American to be a monument.

Dec 28, 2019 · Robert Smalls was the first black man elected to U.S. Congress during Reconstruction. He was born into slavery in 1839 in Beaufort, S.C., and started his …

Jan 10, 2025 · Now we’re getting our first look at what the monument to South Carolina and American hero Robert Smalls will look like – and why its location is so significant. Here's a …

Aug 29, 2024 · Smalls was born into slavery in Beaufort, sailed himself, his crew, and their families to freedom on a Confederate ship during the Civil War and later served South …

Feb 19, 2020 · On May 13, 1862, Robert Smalls, a 23-year-old slave, who served as the pilot of the Confederate armed transport, CSS Planter, led eight fellow slaves in an audacious flight to …

Jun 30, 2014 · Robert Smalls was a heroic ex-slave who sailed himself and 16 others to freedom during the Civil War. The efforts of Robert Smalls, an enslaved Black man who became a …

Mar 16, 2023 · Also renamed: the warship USS Chancellorsville, namesake of an 1863 Civil War battle considered a Confederate triumph; it now honors Robert Smalls, an enslaved man who …

Jan 9, 2025 · COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — A group studying where to put South Carolina’s first Statehouse monument to an individual African American has decided Robert Smalls’ statue …

Feb 28, 2023 · Navy Secretary Carlos Del Toro announced that he would name the ship after Robert Smalls, a former slave who was conscripted into Confederate service in 1862, stole a …

Feb 1, 2016 · This edition of South Carolina Focus looks at Robert Smalls, who, despite his name, was a large figure in black history in South Carolina. Born a slave in Beaufort, Smalls became …