[Photograph of Robert Smalls] [picture] 197u

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[Photograph of Robert Smalls] [picture] 197u

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/49599289

Copy photograph of Robert Smalls portrait in Library of Congress.

1 photograph : gelatin silver print, b&w ; 25 x 20 cm.

University of South Carolina, System Library Service, University Libraries

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SNAC Resource ID: 7610715

University of South Carolina, System Library Service, University Libraries

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Smalls, Robert, 1839-1915

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Robert Smalls (April 5, 1839 – February 23, 1915) was an American politician, publisher, businessman, and naval pilot. Born into slavery in Beaufort, South Carolina, he freed himself, his crew, and their families during the American Civil War by commandeering a Confederate transport ship, CSS Planter, in Charleston harbor, on May 13, 1862, and sailing it from Confederate-controlled waters of the harbor to the U.S. blockade that surrounded it. He then piloted the ship to the Union-controlled encl...