You're Killin' Me Smalls: Robert Smalls
A Confederate ship slips out of Charleston Harbor before sunrise, glides past guarded checkpoints, and rolls right under the guns of Fort Sumter. The wild part is not the ship. It’s the captain on deck. Robert Smalls is 23 years old, born enslaved in South Carolina, and he’s about to pull off one o…
Robert Smalls: The Enslaved Pilot Who Seized a Warship
An enslaved pilot in Charleston Harbor stole a Confederate warship, passed armed forts, and sailed his family to freedom in plain sight. In this episode, we follow Robert Smalls’s escape, the Civil War intelligence he delivered to the Union, and the fight for Black freedom and power that came next …
2: Robert Smalls
Robert Smalls was a good sailor. As far as the Confederacy was concerned, he was a little too good.Follow the show wherever you get your podcasts, and if you enjoy this episode, leave us a rating and a review. And share, share, share!Subscribe and never miss an episode!Questions, comments, ideas, r…
Ep. 160 | Wild Stories Behind this Historic City
Charleston Trip Recap: Ghost Stories, Yellow Fever, Fort Sumter & Robert Smalls.
On the SuccessFlow podcast, the hosts recap a summer trip to South Carolina, spending time in Charleston before a family beach stay in Myrtle Beach. They discuss Charleston’s historic wealth and elegance, its role as …
The Quietest Captain on Charleston Harbor
In this episode we follow Robert Smalls, an enslaved pilot who quietly commandeered the Confederate steamer Planter and navigated it past Charleston's forts into Union lines, freeing his family and delivering a valuable ship, arms, and intelligence.
The escape demonstrated Black skill and composur…
The Quietest Captain on Charleston Harbor
In the predawn hush of Charleston Harbor, enslaved pilot Robert Smalls used skill, timing, and the captain’s signals to sail the Confederate steamer Planter past forts and into Union lines, freeing his family and delivering a ship, guns, and intelligence that challenged assumptions about Black comp…
Who was Robert Smalls?
Imagine having to sneak onto a massive, 147-foot-long warship in the middle of the night to save your family! In this thrilling episode of History's Not Boring, Mira and Finn dive into the incredible true story of Robert Smalls! Born enslaved in Charleston, South Carolina, Robert was a brilliant wh…
Robert Smalls
On May 13, 1862, in Charleston, South Carolina, a man named Robert Smalls took command of a Confederate ship called The Planter and liberated himself and his family from slavery. As they passed the Confederate-held Fort Sumter, Robert Smalls was said to have saluted it with a whistle, and then adde…
Robert Smalls
On May 13, 1862, in Charleston, South Carolina, a man named Robert Smalls took command of a Confederate ship called The Planter and liberated himself and his family from enslavement. As they passed the Confederate-held Fort Sumter, Robert Smalls was said to have saluted it with a whistle, and then …
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