All Videos Tagged Slavery (Producers Workshop) - Producers Workshop2013-05-22T22:25:59Zhttp://producersworkshop.pbs.org/video/video/listTagged?tag=Slavery&rss=yes&xn_auth=noThe Courage of Robert Smallstag:producersworkshop.pbs.org,2012-05-21:5817956:Video:273162012-05-21T16:46:54.896ZMatt Burrowshttp://producersworkshop.pbs.org/profile/MattBurrows
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</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>
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His daring act that day made him a hero in the North, an outlaw throughout the Confederacy and a powerful symbol of…
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</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 />
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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 />
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May 13th, 2012 marked the 150th anniversary of the day Robert Smalls decided to put an end to his life of bondage.<br />
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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.