Robert Smalls Biography

Robert Smalls biography

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NAME: Robert Smalls
OCCUPATION: Political Leader
BIRTH DATE: April 05, 1839
DEATH DATE: February 23, 1915
PLACE OF BIRTH: Beaufort, South Carolina
PLACE OF DEATH: Beaufort, South Carolina

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Robert Smalls was an enslaved African American who became a politician, serving in both the South Carolina legislature and the U.S. House of Representatives.

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Robert Smalls was an enslaved African American who eventually became a sea captain and politician. He served in both the South Carolina House of Representatives and from 1870 to 1874 in the State Senate. He was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives in 1875. Smalls was convicted of taking a $5,000 bribe while in the Senate in 1877 and sentenced to prison but was pardoned by the governor.