Robert Smalls, Unsung Civil War HeroConstant Wonder • Season 2022, Episode 1178, Segment 2
Sep 16, 2021 • 13m
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