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SYMHC Classics: Robert Smalls - From Contraband to Congress

JUL 4, 202027 MIN
Stuff You Missed in History Class

SYMHC Classics: Robert Smalls - From Contraband to Congress

JUL 4, 202027 MIN

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The second of our 2016 episodes on Robert Smalls. After his daring and impressive escape from slavery, Smalls was considered to be contraband, which was a term used for formerly enslaved people who joined the Union. But this was the beginning of an impressive career as a free man.

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