Robert Smalls

GPTKB entity

Statements (43)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:person
gptkbp:advocatesFor public education
African American rights
gptkbp:birthDate 1839-04-05
gptkbp:birthPlace gptkb:Beaufort,_South_Carolina,_United_States
gptkbp:burialPlace gptkb:Tabernacle_Baptist_Church,_Beaufort,_South_Carolina
gptkbp:children gptkb:Elizabeth_Lydia_Smalls
gptkb:Hope_Smalls
gptkb:Robert_Smalls_Jr.
gptkb:Sarah_Voorhees_Smalls
gptkb:William_Robert_Smalls
gptkbp:deathDate 1915-02-23
gptkbp:deathPlace gptkb:Beaufort,_South_Carolina,_United_States
gptkbp:formerStatus slave trade
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Robert Smalls
gptkbp:knownFor commandeering the CSS Planter
serving in the U.S. House of Representatives
gptkbp:legacy subject of books and documentaries
Robert Smalls Parkway named after him
Robert Smalls School named after him
featured on U.S. postage stamp
gptkbp:liberatedBy self-liberation
gptkbp:memberOf gptkb:United_States_House_of_Representatives
gptkbp:militaryBranch gptkb:Union_Army
gptkb:Union_Navy
gptkbp:militaryRank captain
gptkbp:notableEvent stole the CSS Planter and delivered it to Union forces
gptkbp:occupation gptkb:military_officer
gptkb:publisher
businessman
politician
maritime pilot
gptkbp:politicalParty gptkb:Republican_Party
gptkbp:race gptkb:African-American
gptkbp:represents gptkb:South_Carolina's_7th_congressional_district
gptkb:South_Carolina's_5th_congressional_district
gptkbp:servedIn gptkb:American_Civil_War
gptkbp:spouse gptkb:Annie_Wigg_Smalls
gptkb:Hannah_Jones_Smalls
gptkbp:termEnd 1887
gptkbp:termStart 1875
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:American_Civil_War
gptkbp:bfsLayer 4