Robert Smalls​ escaped slavery in Charleston by commandeering a Confederate ship and became a top Union naval officer and South Carolina lawmaker.

Artist Basil Watson is creating the first statue of an African American, Civil War hero Robert Smalls, to be placed on South Carolina's Statehouse grounds.

Titled “DEFIANT: The Story of Robert Smalls,” the illustrated book chronicles the story of Beaufort’s own Robert Smalls, telling his story as a true superhero in classic superhero style.

Michael Boulware Moore, his great-great-grandson and author of the book “ Freedom on the Sea: The True Story of the Civil War ...

The mural will end in with the projected opening of the new building with the new name “Robert Smalls Leadership Academy” in 2023, funded with $345 million from a 2019 school bond referendum ...

Robert Smalls was born in Beaufort in 1839 to Lydia Polite, an enslaved woman. Smalls later purchased his childhood home, located at 511 Prince Street, from his former master.

The LSV-8 was named in honor of Robert Smalls, who was a 23-year-old slave during the Civil War when he commandeered a Confederate transport steamer loaded with armaments and used the vessel to ...

The National Trust for Historic Preservation has completed the purchase of one of Beaufort’s most historic and well known properties — the Robert Smalls House — for $1.7 million.

For most of its existence, Robert Smalls was the only public high school for Black children in Beaufort County. Students would travel from as far as Daufuskie , Sheldon, and Orangeburg to attend.