Former slave-turned-sailor-turned-runaway-turned-pirate-turned-spy-turned-statesman, Robert Smalls' story in one that shaped America- and one that almost nobody in America has ever heard.

Smalls stole an armed confederate warship from Charleston Harbor, turned it around to save his family, and sailed directly into a Union Blockade. Then his story gets truly fascinating.

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Music provided by The Bloody Seamen

"Lop It Off" from Sail Hatin'

"Red Sky" from Ahoy Motherfuckers

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