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How Robert Smalls sailed his crew and family to freedom during the Civil War
By: PBS Newshour
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WASHINGTON, D.C. (NewsHour) — During the transatlantic slave trade, Charleston, South Carolina, was one of the largest slave ports in the United States. But at the height of the Civil… Read More