Robert Smalls was an enslaved man who was captain of a confederate steamer CSS Planter during the civil war, he commandeered the CSS planter and steered past confederate flag post to freedom. Instagram: @painpowerpodcast Email: [email protected] Sources: https://www.pbs.org/wnet/african-americans-many-rivers-to-cross/history/which-slave-sailed-himself-to-freedom/ https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Smalls