South Carolina – African-Americans – Captain Robert Smalls

Robert Smalls Biography

• Major accomplishments - overview of Smalls' life, inluding the highlights of his career
  

• A Daring Voyage to Freedom - article that appeared in January 12, 2012 edition of Post and Courier which outlines Smalls' life
  

• Robert Smalls Home Page - SCIWAY K12 Web Design Contest Winner - Blacksburg Middle School, Cherokee County
  

• Pictures of Smalls and his ship the Planter - US Navy

Robert Smalls Aboard the Planter

• An African Ameican Confederate Sailor - how the Beaufort slave hijacked a Confederate steamship, disguised himself as a white captain, and sailed to Union safety
  

• Don't give up! - November, 1863 - how Smalls, now a pilot for the US Navy, urged his shipmates to continue fighting even as their captain prepared to surrender ... they won the battle, the old captain was dismissed, and Smalls took over as leader
  

• The adventures continue - read about the rest of Smalls' life, including how he became a celebrity and a politician, was sentenced to jail for accepting a bribe, received a pardon, and went back to Beaufort to retire in his old master's house