Robert Smalls saw the opportunity and he took it
By AmberLynn
@ScribbledAdNauseum (104615)
United States
October 13, 2019 8:30pm CST
Robert Smalls was an enslaved man who served in the confederate army. He was also a cunning and intelligent man.
He paid attention to the signals given at checkpoints and eventually commandeered the CSS Planter, sailing it to union controlled waters (In South Carolina) where it became part of the Union Fleet.
He would become a politician (State Legislature), publisher and businessman.
Source - Wikipedia - Robert Smalls
(Kevin Hart also did a Black History documentary that featured this man - find it on netflix)
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@ScribbledAdNauseum (104615)
• United States
14 Oct 19
I only heard it after watching a netflix show when I was petsitting several weeks back.
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@ScribbledAdNauseum (104615)
• United States
14 Oct 19
@JustBhem It happened back in the Civil War of the US.
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@JustBhem (70555)
• Davao, Philippines
14 Oct 19
@ScribbledAdNauseum I see so it’s a new story?
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@RasmaSandra (98106)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
14 Oct 19
It is always the clever and the intelligent that get far ahead in life
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@ScribbledAdNauseum (104615)
• United States
14 Oct 19
Sometimes it takes difficult circumstances and brave people to shine.
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@Deepizzaguy (122293)
• Lake Charles, Louisiana
14 Oct 19
Thank you for sharing the story of Robert Smalls.
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@ScribbledAdNauseum (104615)
• United States
14 Oct 19
I can't recall and I don't have netflix. It was a Kevin Hart documentary so just go to Netflix and search for Kevin Hart, you'l see it.
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@Ladanger (14572)
• United States
14 Oct 19
@ScribbledAdNauseum okay thank you. I will check. I am always on Netflix.
