Robert Smalls
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Robert Smalls was an American politician who was born into slavery in Beaufort, South Carolina. During the American Civil War, the still enslaved Smalls commandeered a Confederate transport ship in Ch
Portrait by Mathew Brady c. 1875–1879
An article on Smalls published in Harper's Weekly, June 14, 1862
Gillmore's approaches on Fort Wagner, Morris Island, July 1863 before the Second Battle of Fort Wagner. Lighthouse where Smalls served is marked on southern end of Morris Island.
Richard Gleaves, Smalls's business partner after the war
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Gullahs, also known in some areas as Geechees and alternatively as Gullah–Geechees, are an African American ethnic group rooted in the coastal areas of the U.S. states of North Carolina, South Carolin
Robert Smalls
…to him in a cabin behind McKee's house, at 511 Prince Street in Beaufort, South Carolina. He grew up in the city under the influence of the Lowcountry Gullah culture of his mother. His mother lived as a servant in the house, but she had grown up working in the fields. Smalls was favored by McKee over his…
A Gullah woman makes a sweetgrass basket in Charleston's City Market
Gullah basket
A Fourth of July celebration, St. Helena Island, South Carolina (1939)
Coffin Point Praise House, 57 Coffin Point Rd, St. Helena Island, South Carolina