Robert Smalls, Unsung Civil War Hero
Constant Wonder - Season 2022, Episode 938 , Segment 2
The Last Slave Ships
Episode: The Last Slave Ships
- Apr 1, 2021 6:00 pm
- 10:59 mins
Here's the legacy of one Civil War hero you probably haven’t heard of. Robert Smalls was an enslaved man who took over a Confederate ship, freed sixteen other enslaved people, and surrendered the ship to the Union. Then he went on to have a fiery legislative career. Guest: Douglas Egerton, Professor of History at Le Moyne College