https://padlet.com/josh_gibala/tsax816pnm0t Made with good vibes by hsoJ alabiG en-us 2018-11-27 16:32:45 UTC 2024-12-16 19:23:29 UTC hello@padlet.com josh_gibala https://padlet.com/josh_gibala/tsax816pnm0t/wish/308375759 Robert Smalls was born to Lydia Smalls an African American woman enslaved by Henry McKee who was most likely his father. ]]> 2018-11-27 16:41:03 UTC https://padlet.com/josh_gibala/tsax816pnm0t/wish/308375759 josh_gibala https://padlet.com/josh_gibala/tsax816pnm0t/wish/308377084 At age 12, by strong request of his mother, Robert was sent to work in Charleston as a laborer for 1$ per week. He went from working in a hotel to becoming a lamplighter in his teen years. ]]> 2018-11-27 16:42:59 UTC https://padlet.com/josh_gibala/tsax816pnm0t/wish/308377084 josh_gibala https://padlet.com/josh_gibala/tsax816pnm0t/wish/308378481 Robert's love of the sea led him to find work in Charleston harbor where he first got the idea for his miraculous escape. ]]> 2018-11-27 16:44:53 UTC https://padlet.com/josh_gibala/tsax816pnm0t/wish/308378481 josh_gibala https://padlet.com/josh_gibala/tsax816pnm0t/wish/308380192 At age 17, Robert fell in love with and married Hannah Jones, an enslaved woman in Charleston. ]]> 2018-11-27 16:47:21 UTC https://padlet.com/josh_gibala/tsax816pnm0t/wish/308380192 josh_gibala https://padlet.com/josh_gibala/tsax816pnm0t/wish/309349865 Hannah upon marriage, already had two children. Three years later Robert and Hannah had Robert, their first child together.]]> 2018-11-29 15:33:49 UTC https://padlet.com/josh_gibala/tsax816pnm0t/wish/309349865 josh_gibala https://padlet.com/josh_gibala/tsax816pnm0t/wish/310960383 Robert had a great intent to buy his wife and children's freedom but was not able to come up with the money. ]]> 2018-12-04 15:53:09 UTC https://padlet.com/josh_gibala/tsax816pnm0t/wish/310960383 josh_gibala https://padlet.com/josh_gibala/tsax816pnm0t/wish/310961801 During the war, Smalls was assigned to steer the CSS Planter, a lightly armed Confederate transport ship.]]> 2018-12-04 15:54:23 UTC https://padlet.com/josh_gibala/tsax816pnm0t/wish/310961801 josh_gibala https://padlet.com/josh_gibala/tsax816pnm0t/wish/310962638 Smalls greatly took advantage of this job. One night while the white crew were sleeping he and his fellow African American Crewmen gathered them up and threw them off the boat.]]> 2018-12-04 15:55:10 UTC https://padlet.com/josh_gibala/tsax816pnm0t/wish/310962638 josh_gibala https://padlet.com/josh_gibala/tsax816pnm0t/wish/310963814 Fully loaded with guns and armament from a recent resupply. Smalls took total control of the CSS Planter, sailing Northbound. The only stop that he and his crew made were to pick up other slaves. Smalls even stopped and went inland to free his mother from slavery ]]> 2018-12-04 15:56:57 UTC https://padlet.com/josh_gibala/tsax816pnm0t/wish/310963814 josh_gibala https://padlet.com/josh_gibala/tsax816pnm0t/wish/310965690 Fun Fact: Once in the North, smalls and his crew sold the CSS Planter to the Union and received a large sum of money for the ship and the guns on board. ]]> 2018-12-04 15:59:50 UTC https://padlet.com/josh_gibala/tsax816pnm0t/wish/310965690 josh_gibala https://padlet.com/josh_gibala/tsax816pnm0t/wish/310967524 2018-12-04 16:02:35 UTC https://padlet.com/josh_gibala/tsax816pnm0t/wish/310967524 josh_gibala https://padlet.com/josh_gibala/tsax816pnm0t/wish/310967667 After the war, Smalls went into business with Richard Howell Leaves and opened a small store to assist freedmen. ]]> 2018-12-04 16:02:50 UTC https://padlet.com/josh_gibala/tsax816pnm0t/wish/310967667 josh_gibala https://padlet.com/josh_gibala/tsax816pnm0t/wish/310969019 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Smalls]]> 2018-12-04 16:05:01 UTC https://padlet.com/josh_gibala/tsax816pnm0t/wish/310969019 josh_gibala https://padlet.com/josh_gibala/tsax816pnm0t/wish/310969422 https://digital.scetv.org/teachingAmerhistory/documents/SmallsLetter.htm]]> 2018-12-04 16:05:35 UTC https://padlet.com/josh_gibala/tsax816pnm0t/wish/310969422 josh_gibala https://padlet.com/josh_gibala/tsax816pnm0t/wish/310969642 https://robertsmal.weebly.com/bibliography.html]]> 2018-12-04 16:05:53 UTC https://padlet.com/josh_gibala/tsax816pnm0t/wish/310969642 josh_gibala https://padlet.com/josh_gibala/tsax816pnm0t/wish/310969897 He became a popular republican politician in the north and worked to pass the 14th amendment. ]]> 2018-12-04 16:06:13 UTC https://padlet.com/josh_gibala/tsax816pnm0t/wish/310969897 josh_gibala https://padlet.com/josh_gibala/tsax816pnm0t/wish/310970608 https://history.house.gov/People/Detail/21764]]> 2018-12-04 16:07:10 UTC https://padlet.com/josh_gibala/tsax816pnm0t/wish/310970608 josh_gibala https://padlet.com/josh_gibala/tsax816pnm0t/wish/310970841 https://blackpast.org/aah/smalls-robert-1839-1915]]> 2018-12-04 16:07:28 UTC https://padlet.com/josh_gibala/tsax816pnm0t/wish/310970841 josh_gibala https://padlet.com/josh_gibala/tsax816pnm0t/wish/310971101 https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/thrilling-tale-how-robert-smalls-heroically-sailed-stolen-confederate-ship-freedom-180963689/]]> 2018-12-04 16:07:46 UTC https://padlet.com/josh_gibala/tsax816pnm0t/wish/310971101 josh_gibala https://padlet.com/josh_gibala/tsax816pnm0t/wish/310972290 2018-12-04 16:09:35 UTC https://padlet.com/josh_gibala/tsax816pnm0t/wish/310972290