Robert Smalls was born in 1839 in Beaufort, South Carolina, and died in 1915 in his hometown a free, but somewhat forgotten man tossed aside by a Southern society determined to keep Blacks inferior.

COLUMBIA — South Carolina lawmakers have chosen an artist and design for a Statehouse monument to Civil War legend Robert Smalls after several months of discussions. They've also picked a ...

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