TY  - GEN
AB  - General Robert Smalls (1839-1915) first became known in the middle of the Civil War when he freed himself, his crew and their families from slavery on May 13, 1862, by commandeering a Confederate transport ship, the CSS Planter, in Charleston harbor, and sailing it to freedom beyond the Federal blockade. Smalls received a reward and after the war served in the United States House of Representatives from South Carolina. This image is from Negro Stars in All Ages of the World by W. H. Quick, L. L. B.Physical Description: Publisher: Unknown
DA  - 1890
ID  - 1747
KW  - Robert Smalls, People, City and Town Life
L1  - https://vault.cmlibrary.org/record/1747/files/AA_2004_05_0223_02.jpg
L2  - https://vault.cmlibrary.org/record/1747/files/AA_2004_05_0223_02.jpg
L4  - https://vault.cmlibrary.org/record/1747/files/AA_2004_05_0223_02.jpg
LK  - https://vault.cmlibrary.org/record/1747/files/AA_2004_05_0223_02.jpg
N2  - General Robert Smalls (1839-1915) first became known in the middle of the Civil War when he freed himself, his crew and their families from slavery on May 13, 1862, by commandeering a Confederate transport ship, the CSS Planter, in Charleston harbor, and sailing it to freedom beyond the Federal blockade. Smalls received a reward and after the war served in the United States House of Representatives from South Carolina. This image is from Negro Stars in All Ages of the World by W. H. Quick, L. L. B.Physical Description: Publisher: Unknown
PY  - 1890
T1  - General Robert Smalls$$South Carolina Congressman
TI  - General Robert Smalls$$South Carolina Congressman
UR  - https://vault.cmlibrary.org/record/1747/files/AA_2004_05_0223_02.jpg
Y1  - 1890
ER  -