South Carolina statue honoring Black hero Robert Smalls will …
Jan 9, 2025 · COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — A group studying where to put South Carolina’s first Statehouse monument to an individual African American has decided Robert Smalls’ statue should be staring down a notorious white supremacist who dismantled most of the former slave’s work after the Civil War.
South Carolina Statue Honoring Black Hero Robert Smalls Will …
Jan 9, 2025 · 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.
South Carolina to build first monument to an African American.
Oct 23, 2024 · Robert Smalls escaped slavery by stealing a slaveowner’s ship and later became a South Carolina political leader, championing equal rights and literacy. Soon he’ll be honored as the first individual Black person to get a statue on the Statehouse lawn.
Statue Of Robert Smalls Set To Be Built In Beaufort, S.C. - NewsOne
Oct 23, 2024 · South Carolina is set to make history soon when a statue of the remarkable Robert Smalls is erected in Beaufort, a quaint city located on Port Royal Island.
South Carolina to build first monument to an African American.
Oct 23, 2024 · But Robert Smalls isn't just being honored for his audacious escape. He spent a decade in the U.S. House, helped rewrite South Carolina's constitution to allow Black men equality after the...
He Escaped Slavery and Became a Civil War Hero. Now, Robert Smalls …
Oct 24, 2024 · South Carolina plans to erect a statue honoring Robert Smalls, a man who escaped slavery to become a Civil War hero and a lawmaker. It will be the first monument to an individual Black figure...
Robert Smalls: Civil War hero to be honored with South Carolina …
Oct 23, 2024 · South Carolina is preparing to put up its first individual statue for an African American on its Statehouse lawn, honoring a man who put on Confederate clothes in order to steal a slaveholder’s...
Robert Smalls will be memorialized outside ... - SC Daily Gazette
May 10, 2024 · COLUMBIA — Legislators agreed unanimously to memorialize Robert Smalls on Statehouse grounds with a monument that itself will make history. The bill legislators sent Thursday to the governor’s desk creates a commission to design the monument, decide where to put it, and raise money to pay for it.
Beaufort’s Robert Smalls will be memorialized outside Statehouse
May 14, 2024 · Smalls, who was enslaved when he piloted his family to freedom to become a Civil War hero and later a state lawmaker, will be the first individual Black South Carolinian recognized with a statue on Statehouse grounds. It will also be the first monument period since dedication of the Law Enforcement Memorial in 2006.
South Carolina to build first monument to an African
Oct 22, 2024 · The state is looking to honor Robert Smalls. Smalls escaped from slavery in May 1862 by wearing Confederate clothes and mimicking the hand signals and whistles to sail the rebel ship past...
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