Robert Smalls

In 1862, Robert Smalls, an enslaved crew-member of the CSS Planter, steals the boat, sails it past the heavily armed defenses of Charleston Harbor in South .
When the Confederate soldiers aboard the CSS Planter leave the ship, a slave named Robert Smalls seizes the opportunity to set a course for Union territory.
A historic documentary about a former slave who became a US Congressman from South Carolina during the late 1800s. A brilliant story of patriotism, heroism .
Michael B. Moore shares the story of escaped slave Robert Smalls, his great-great grandfather. Smalls commandeered a Confederate Naval vessel, freeing his .