Citation Information
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Title
Smalls, Robert
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Coverage
April 5, 1839–February 22, 1915
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Author
Edward A. Miller, Jr.
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Keywords
Legislator, congressman, employed as a pilot on the cotton steamer Planter, which was impressed into Confederate service as an armed courier, Smalls led the takeover of the Planter by its slave crew, sailed past the harbor’s formidable defenses, and surrendered the vessel to the Federal blockading force, awarded with an army contract as captain of the Planter, involved in seventeen military engagements during the war, 1889 President Benjamin Harrison appointed Smalls as collector of customs for the port of Beaufort, an office he held, except during President Grover Cleveland’s second term, until June 1913, when he was forced out by South Carolina’s senators
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Website Name
South Carolina Encyclopedia
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Publisher
University of South Carolina, Institute for Southern Studies
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URL
https://www.scencyclopedia.org/sce/entries/smalls-robert/view/external-links
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Access Date
November 24, 2024
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Original Published Date
August 1, 2016
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Date of Last Update
August 23, 2022
