Robert Smalls was an absolute legend. Born into slavery in 1839, he pulled off one of the boldest moves of the Civil War by stealing a confederate ship and sailing it to freedom with his family and other enslaved people on board. 🤎 #BlackHistoryMonth #BlackSky - ThreadSky

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beingreese.bsky.social • 21 days ago

Robert Smalls was an absolute legend. Born into slavery in 1839, he pulled off one of the boldest moves of the Civil War by stealing a confederate ship and sailing it to freedom with his family and other enslaved people on board. 🤎 #BlackHistoryMonth #BlackSky

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beingreese.bsky.social•21 days ago

His bravery helped convince Lincoln to let Black men serve in the Union Army. 🤎

cozyreader29.bsky.social•21 days ago

He’s always my students favorite when we learn about the role of Black Americans resistance/spy work during the Civil War!

beingreese.bsky.social•21 days ago

I had never heard of Robert Smalls until I found his historical marker in Charleston a few years ago. Since then, I have been adamant about reading every single historical marker I come across. I'm so happy you're introducing him to your students. He should be more widely known.

cozyreader29.bsky.social•21 days ago

Hari Jones does/did work with American Battlefield Trust so they should have resources too!

cozyreader29.bsky.social•21 days ago

Let me put you on to a few more then! Check out: The Walker Family, Mary Touvestre, Abraham Galloway, George Scott, and John Scobell. Any video by Hari Jones about Black soldiers and then we also use this article!

beacher61.bsky.social•21 days ago

What an amazing story and amazing human. These are the stories I look forward to during Black History Month. Thank you for choosing to continue this. This man is a real American unlike the man in the White House.

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