• Episode 13 - Robert Smalls

  • Jan 10 2023
  • Duración: 29 m
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Episode 13 - Robert Smalls

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  • In this episode we talk about the life of the Civil War Hero, politician, and education advocate Robert Smalls. We tell the story of his daring escape from slavery during the Civil War, his public service in South Carolina and federal legislatures, and more.

    Yearning to Breathe Free - Dr Andrew Billingsly https://www.google.com/books/edition/Yearning_to_Breathe_Free/1RgfEAAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=%22Lydia+Polite%22&pg=PA11&printsec=frontcover
    Sociological book looking at Smalls upbringing and the impact of that on him.

    Biographies
    -Historic Beaufort Foundation https://historicbeaufort.org/john-mark-verdier-house/robert-smalls-exhibit/
    -University of SC https://sc.edu/about/our_history/university_history/presidential_commission/commission_reports/final_report/appendices/appendix-3/smalls-robert/index.php
    -American Battlefield Trust https://www.battlefields.org/learn/biographies/robert-smalls
    Part about mom showing horrors of slavery, him being in jail in Beaufort, and being sent to work in Charleston. Rear Admiral DuPont quote. Info on Charleston Harbor. Several later in life things noted, too.
    Smithsonian Magazine https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/thrilling-tale-how-robert-smalls-heroically-sailed-stolen-confederate-ship-freedom-180963689/-PBS https://www.pbs.org/wnet/african-americans-many-rivers-to-cross/history/which-slave-sailed-himself-to-freedom/#:~:text=In%20fewer%20than%20four%20hours,children)%20from%20slavery%20to%20freedom

    - National Parks Service https://www.nps.gov/people/robert-smalls.htm
    https://www.nps.gov/places/the-robert-smalls-house.htm Details about the home, past and present.
    - newspaper article - City Intelligence - The Steamer Planter - Charleston Daily Courier, May 14, 1862 Notes which wharf the Planter was that night.
    https://www.worldmapsonline.com/historic-map-charleston-sc-1872/ Shows the wharfs in Charleston

    https://www.ccpl.org/charleston-time-machine/where-did-robert-smalls-live-1862-charleston
    interesting research trying to figure out where Robert and Hannah Smalls lived, but only thing I pulled from it was that the planning for the escape happened at Smalls home. Also mentions Dorothy Sterling "research". This also mentions that Robert and Hannah lived in Charleston.

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