The white officers would disembark at the harbor and go ashore. They weren’t supposed to but custom.
When Smalls took over that night, he was wearing the captain’s hat and he knew all the signals as they passed forts and checkpoints. Once they cleared, they put up a white flag for the Union.
When Smalls took over that night, he was wearing the captain’s hat and he knew all the signals as they passed forts and checkpoints. Once they cleared, they put up a white flag for the Union.
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Criminal has an amazing episode featuring his great great grandson. https://thisiscriminal.com/episode-142-robert-smalls-6-19-20/
Would we would be so bold and brave.
I hope we can manage some of their courage in the coming years. <3
That's so pointed and perfect that it can't be called a metaphor. But it deserves its own name. Maybe epithetaphore? FUaphore?
Thank you for sharing 💙
But also invented many uses for peanuts to assist black and poor whites to provide for their families.
https://www.tuskegee.edu/support-tu/george-washington-carver