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February 23, 1915 (75 years old)
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Aries
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Celebrities born on April 5
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Robert Smalls is 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 piloting a Southern Union transport ship, CSS Planter, in Charleston Harbor, the May 13, 1862, and sailed it. waters controlled by the Confederates of the port before the American blockade that surrounded it. He then sailed the ship to the Union controlled area in the Beaufort-Port Royal-Hilton Head area, where it became a Union warship. His example and persuasion helped convince President Abraham Lincoln to accept African-American soldiers in the Union Army. After the American Civil War, he returned to Beaufort and became a politician, winning elections as a Republican at the South Carolina Legislature and the US House of Representatives during the Re-Era. set.
BornApril 5, 1839, Beaufort, South Carolina
DiedFebruary 23, 1915, Beaufort, South Carolina
Political partyRepublican
Children4

About Robert Smalls

War Hero Robert Smalls was born in South Carolina, United States on April 5, 1839. He dies at the age of 75, on February 23, 1915.

Remembered for an American Civil War-era act of bravery in which he took over a Confederate vessel (the CSS Planter) and sailed himself and several other enslaved people to freedom in the North, he is also notable for his post-war political career.

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Robert Smalls before becoming famous

Robert Smalls was born in the Zodiac sign Aries (The Ram), and 1839 is the year of the Chinese Zodiac Pig (豬).

Smalls (who was still enslaved at the time) mastered the rigging and sail-making trades during his late infancy and early adolescence. He was eventually able to commandeer the CSS Planter thanks to his dockside and sailing work.

Achievement of Robert Smalls

He served in the United States House of Representatives in the 1880s, representing South Carolina's fifth and seventh districts.

Robert Smalls's Family, Spouse, Dating and Relationship

He was the son of Lydia Polite and spent his childhood as a slave on Henry McKee's plantation in Beaufort, South Carolina. In 1856, Smalls married Hannah Jones, and they had a daughter named Elizabeth and a son named Robert, Jr.

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He contributed crucial intelligence to the Union Navy during the Civil War and was awarded a prize of nearly $1,000 by President US President Abraham Lincoln for his successful takeover of the CSS Planter.

Abraham Lincoln (1809 - 1865) (US President)
Abraham Lincoln (1809 - 1865)

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Latest information about Robert Smalls updated on March 23 2023.