
Robert Smalls, Unsung Civil War Hero
Constant Wonder - Season 2022, Episode 1178 , Segment
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Jail Break at the Confederacy’s Infamous Libby Prison
Episode: Jail Break at the Confederacy’s Infamous Libby Prison
- Sep 16, 2021 7:00 pm
- 12:25
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