Video: Voices of the Civil War Episode 23: Robert Smalls, Duration: 4:12

Robert Smalls

Video: Voices of the Civil War Episode 23: Robert Smalls, Duration: 4:12

12/19/2013

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The Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History presents a 4-minute, narrated account of the life of Roberts Smalls, a formerly enslaved man that seized his freedom by commandeering a Confederate gunboat. Themes includes: Smalls' upbringing in Beaufort, South Carolina, details about his and the enslaved crew members' seizure of the Confederate gunboat, his decorated military service and his salary while in the Union Army. Other themes include: Smalls' congressional achievements after the Civil War and the purchase of the home in which he had been enslaved.

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Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History

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