Robert Smalls
Born April 5, 1839
Beaufort, South Carolina
Died February 22, 1915
Beaufort, South Carolina
Union Navy pilot and one of the
first black U.S. congressmen
Made a dramatic escape from slav...
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Robert Smalls (1839-1916) was a black American statesman who was born a slave and made a daring escape at the beginning of the Civil War. After the war he served five terms in Congress as the represen...
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Robert Smalls
Robert Smalls