Robert Smalls - Man Crush Monday!

Professor Buzzkill History Podcast

English - February 06, 2023 05:05 - 45 minutes - 62.1 MB - ★★★★★ - 180 ratings
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Dr. Vernon Burton tells the many amazing stories that make up the life of Robert Smalls, a genuine Civil War hero, and a man who deserves far more fame and glory than he’s received! From piloting a Confederate States ship out of Charleston Harbor and turning it over to the United States Navy, to becoming an important Reconstruction-era politician, to being a publisher and an educator, Smalls was an American Renaissance man. And yet there is no movie or novel about him. Let’s correct that! Episode 498.