Robert Smalls: Using his slavery skills to escape
Aug 09, 2023•10 min•Season 3Ep. 7
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Episode description
Robert Smalls, as a slave, was trained to be a wheelman on a steamboat. He would use those skills to escape and turn the ship over to the Union Navy.
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