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South Carolina to build first monument to an African American. Meet Robert Smalls
Robert Smalls was born in 1839 in Beaufort and died ... can literally see freedom floating in the form of the United States ...
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Robert Smalls: The slave who became a Civil War hero
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 CSS Plater. That night, all of the white ...
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Excitement builds for S.C. monument to Black hero of Civil War
Robert Smalls was born in 1839 in Beaufort and died ... can literally see freedom floating in the form of the United States Navy just a few miles offshore. All you need is an opportunity.” ...
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Editorial: A welcome settlement in Beaufort that balances history, livability
As reporter Tony Kukulich notes, a settlement agreement has taken shape in the 2-year-long legal battle over the historic Robert Smalls House ... it over to the Union navy.
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Design unveiled for Robert Smalls monument on SC Statehouse grounds
Members voted unanimously during a Jan. 8 meeting of the Robert Smalls Monument Commission to ... Charleston Harbor and sailed it to the Union Navy. On board and freed with him during that ...
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South Carolina statue honoring Black hero Robert Smalls will stare down a segregationist
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 should be staring down a ...
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South Carolina statue honoring Black hero Robert Smalls will stare down a segregationist
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