Last fall when I was traveling in South Carolina, my friend Robin, who is a civil rights attorney, told me about Robert Smalls and showed me a plaque in his honor in Charleston. I have to admit I had ...
Basil Watson, a Jamaican-born sculptor, is creating the statue of Smalls. The likeness of Robert Smalls, the escaped slave turned South Carolina lawmaker, will be remembered as the first African ...
Article by Meghan Keating Photos by Maria Errico and courtesy of the Robert Smalls Monument Commission and the Library of Congress September 30, 2025 Two South Carolina state representatives honored ...
Extras: meet the director, reflections, bravery, family, childhood, activism, importance of history, Prince Street house, the planter, politics, descendants, MG ...
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Statue Of Escaped Slave-Turned-Congressman First Honoring A Black Person At South Carolina State House
The likeness of Robert Smalls, the escaped slave turned South Carolina lawmaker, will be remembered as the first African-American person honored with a statue at the State House at the hands of a ...
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