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2024-02-14 15:16:39

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[What a Teacher's Letters Reveal About Robert Smalls, Who Stole a Confederate Ship to Secure His Freedom From Slavery]

“When Harriet M. Buss, a white, educated Baptist woman from Massachusetts, moved to South Carolina to accept a position as a teacher in March 1863, she likely didn’t anticipate that one of her students, Robert Smalls, would go on to become a member of the United States House of Representatives.”

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https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/what-a-teachers-letters-reveal-about-robert-smalls-who-stole-a-confederate-ship-to-secure-his-freedom-from-slavery-180983758/

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