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Robert Smalls (April 5, 1839 – February 23, 1915) was an enslaved African American who, during and after the American Civil War, became a ship's pilot, sea captain, and politician. 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.

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rdfs:comment	Robert Smalls (April 5, 1839 – February 23, 1915) was an enslaved African American who, during and after the American Civil War, became a ship's pilot, sea captain, and politician. 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.
foaf:name	Robert Smalls Smalls, Robert
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dc:description	American politician
active years end date	1879-03-03(xsd:dateTime) 1883-03-03(xsd:dateTime) 1887-03-03(xsd:dateTime)
active years start date	1875-03-04(xsd:dateTime) 1882-07-19(xsd:dateTime) 1884-03-18(xsd:dateTime)
battle	Savannah Campaign dbpedia:Siege_of_Charleston
birth date	1839-04-05(xsd:dateTime)
birth place	Beaufort, South Carolina
birth year	1839-01-01(xsd:dateTime)
country	United States
death date	1915-02-23(xsd:dateTime)
death place	Beaufort, South Carolina State of South Carolina
death year	1915-01-01(xsd:dateTime)
military branch	United States Army United States Navy
military rank	dbpedia:Sea_captain dbpedia:Maritime_pilot
office	Member of theSouth Carolina Senate Member of theSouth Carolina House of Representatives
party	Republican Party
region	State of South Carolina dbpedia:South_Carolina's_7th_congressional_district dbpedia:South_Carolina's_5th_congressional_district
service end year	1862-01-01(xsd:dateTime)
service start year	1862-01-01(xsd:dateTime)
successor	George Dionysius Tillman William Elliott Hemphill, John James
thumbnail	http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Robert_Smalls_-_Brady-Handy.jpg?width=300
is successor of	George Dionysius Tillman Edmund William McGregor Mackey Ashmore, John

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