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Tag Archives: Robert Smalls
Robert Smalls and the Daring Capture of “Planter”
ECW welcomes guest author Scott L. Mingus, Sr. At dawn on May 13, 1862, an enslaved eight-man crew, with several family members and other friends onboard, brazenly stole the Confederate gunboat Planter and delivered her past unsuspecting Rebel forts and … Continue reading
Posted in Navies, Slavery
Tagged black history month, Charleston, Fort Sumter, Planter, Robert Smalls
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Saving History Saturday: Tabernacle Baptist Church Continues Preserving & Interpreting Civil War History
In Beaufort, South Carolina, the Tabernacle Baptist Church, founded during the Civil War era, has received a grant of $250,000 to aid in historic preservation of the structure. The historic building actual dates to 1811, but the congregation organization of … Continue reading
Posted in Preservation
Tagged Harriet Tubman, historic church, Robert Smalls, Saving History Saturday
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Book Review: Be Free or Die: The Amazing Story of Robert Smalls, Escaped Slave Turned Union Hero
Today, we are pleased to welcome back guest author Eric Sterner Be Free or Die: The Amazing Story of Robert Smalls, Escaped Slave Turned Union Hero. New York: St. Martin’s Press, 2017 Lately, public discussions of Civil War memorials have … Continue reading
Seizure of the Planter
During a recent trip to Charleston, I came across the following story, presented on a historical marker by the Historic Charleston Foundation and the African American Historical Alliance: The Seizure of the Planter
Posted in Civilian, Navies, Personalities, Slavery
Tagged Charleston, Planter, Robert Smalls
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African-Americans in the Civil War (Part 2)
Part two in a series. While thousands of slaves escaped slavery before the Civil War, in many cases using the Underground Railroad, thousands more escaped slavery during the Civil War. In 1862, from April to August the Union army occupied … Continue reading