2013-05-22T23:31:03Z http://producersworkshop.pbs.org/video/video/listTagged?tag=History&rss=yes&xn_auth=no tag:producersworkshop.pbs.org,2012-05-21:5817956:Video:27316 2012-05-21T16:46:54.896Z Matt Burrows http://producersworkshop.pbs.org/profile/MattBurrows

<a href="http://producersworkshop.pbs.org/video/the-courage-of-robert-smalls"><br /> <img alt="Thumbnail" height="159" src="http://api.ning.com:80/files/0VYaeF*iupT3yZvtxcg4bgI2uT3LVG5WeJxWDmm9IZO5hRMjtQqzptdha6nyVwALNGv7sB19JT7l*GkFfJVCSm37CiTf4l9S/543678177.jpeg?width=240&amp;height=159" width="240"></img><br /> </a> <br></br>In May of 1862, Robert Smalls, a slave from South Carolina, loaded his family aboard a Confederate steamship and sailed it past the heavily armed defenses of Charleston Harbor, delivering the boat to the Union blockade just a few miles further out.<br></br> <br></br> His daring act that day made him a hero in the North, an outlaw throughout the Confederacy and a powerful symbol of…

<a href="http://producersworkshop.pbs.org/video/the-courage-of-robert-smalls"><br /> <img src="http://api.ning.com:80/files/0VYaeF*iupT3yZvtxcg4bgI2uT3LVG5WeJxWDmm9IZO5hRMjtQqzptdha6nyVwALNGv7sB19JT7l*GkFfJVCSm37CiTf4l9S/543678177.jpeg?width=240&amp;height=159" width="240" height="159" alt="Thumbnail" /><br /> </a><br />In May of 1862, Robert Smalls, a slave from South Carolina, loaded his family aboard a Confederate steamship and sailed it past the heavily armed defenses of Charleston Harbor, delivering the boat to the Union blockade just a few miles further out.<br /> <br /> His daring act that day made him a hero in the North, an outlaw throughout the Confederacy and a powerful symbol of hope and freedom to the enslaved people of the South.<br /> <br /> May 13th, 2012 marked the 150th anniversary of the day Robert Smalls decided to put an end to his life of bondage.<br /> <br /> The Courage of Robert Smalls is a short film written, produced and directed by Matt Burrows for South Carolina Educational Television, funded in part by a grant from the South Carolina Hall of Fame. tag:producersworkshop.pbs.org,2010-09-24:5817956:Video:2877 2010-09-24T21:15:31.000Z David Sanford Adams http://producersworkshop.pbs.org/profile/DavidSanfordAdams

<a href="http://producersworkshop.pbs.org/video/the-courage-of-robert-smalls"><br /> <img src="http://api.ning.com:80/files/0VYaeF*iupT3yZvtxcg4bgI2uT3LVG5WeJxWDmm9IZO5hRMjtQqzptdha6nyVwALNGv7sB19JT7l*GkFfJVCSm37CiTf4l9S/543678177.jpeg?width=240&amp;height=159" width="240" height="159" alt="Thumbnail" /><br /> </a><br />trailer for historical visualization of the biography of statesmen Charles Pinckney.

<a href="http://producersworkshop.pbs.org/video/the-courage-of-robert-smalls"><br /> <img src="http://api.ning.com:80/files/0VYaeF*iupT3yZvtxcg4bgI2uT3LVG5WeJxWDmm9IZO5hRMjtQqzptdha6nyVwALNGv7sB19JT7l*GkFfJVCSm37CiTf4l9S/543678177.jpeg?width=240&amp;height=159" width="240" height="159" alt="Thumbnail" /><br /> </a><br />trailer for historical visualization of the biography of statesmen Charles Pinckney.