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

Robert Smalls was a historic South Carolina lawmaker who escaped slavery in Charleston by commandeering a Confederate ship.

Basil Watson calls it an honor to create a likeness of Smalls, the first Black person honored with a statue at the SC State House.

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.

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

These three history books are worth reading this summer, from a Northern Kentucky WWII soldier's letters to a book on William Howard Taft.

Forty-five-year-old Aaron Tobias Polkey is unlike some members of his generation who grew up in Charleston but left to seek ...

Two people and their pet are safe after an overnight fire in Port Wentworth. According to Savannah Fire at approximately 2:10am, crews responded to the 100 block of Willow Point Circle for a ...

Pittsburgh playwrights Wali Jamal Abdullah and Kim El both approached August Wilson at different times seeking an answer to a ...

More than a century after his death, Robert Smalls, a towering figure in American history who rose from slavery to become a Civil War hero and influential polit ...