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South Carolina statue honoring Black hero Robert Smalls will stare down a segregationist

A group studying where to put South Carolina’s first Statehouse monument to an individual African American has decided Robert Smalls’ statue should be staring down a notorious white supremacist who dismantled most of the former slave's work after the Civil War.

WJBF Augusta on MSN · 17h

Design, location chosen for Robert Smalls monument on South Carolina State House grounds

A state panel has decided where a monument memorializing Civil War hero Robert Smalls will stand on the South Carolina State House grounds and what it will look like.

The State (Columbia, SC) on MSN · 1d

Statue location honoring Robert Smalls at SC State House picked. Here’s where it will go

Robert Smalls, an enslaved man, commandeered a Confederate ship during the Civil War to bring slaves to freedom. Later, he was elected to the state Legislature and Congress.

Yahoo · 1d

Robert Smalls statue to stand near visitors’ entrance to SC Statehouse

Civil War hero Robert Smalls could one day stand just outside the Statehouse visitors’ entrance, clad in the three-piece tuxedo he would have worn while serving in Congress, a legislative panel decided Wednesday.

WCBD Charleston on MSN · 1d

SC panel approves location, design for Robert Smalls monument

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Design unveiled for Robert Smalls monument on SC Statehouse grounds

The memorial to Civil War hero Robert Smalls is set to be erected on the Statehouse grounds. Design and location set. Now, ...

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Panel picks artist, location for Robert Smalls statue on SC Capitol complex

A bipartisan panel of South Carolina lawmakers chose a visible area close to the Statehouse visitor's entrance for the ...

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'Pint-sized stallion of sass' takes trot around Beaufort after galloping away from home

Two horses, one of them a pint-sized stallion of sass, decided to gallop away from their home in South Carolina and take an ...

South Carolina selects first monument at statehouse to honor an African American hero

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Hold your horses: Beaufort Police responds to horses loose on Robert Smalls Parkway

The Beaufort Police Department (BPD) responded to a ‘mane event’ in the wee hours of Monday morning. BPD shared on Facebook that two horses fled their ...

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Descendant of slave who stole rebel ship named Charleston museum head

Moore is a direct descendant of Robert Smalls, who made history by commandeering the steamboat Planter in 1862. Smalls later went on to become a South Carolina congressman during the ...

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South Carolina to build first monument to an African American. Meet Robert Smalls

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