Yearning to breathe free: Robert Smalls of South Carolina and his families

Slavery, religion, and family in the Robert Smalls legacy

In the house of Pharaoh: growing up in bondage and privilege, 1839-1851

On the waterfront : growing to manhood in Charleston, 1851-1862

The seizure of the Planter : a family affair, May 13, 1862

Early duty for the union forces, 1862

Robert Smalls and the USS Keokuk, April 7, 1863

Robert Smalls and the Planter at war, 1862-1866

In Beaufort after the war : home, family, and community leadership

Mr. Republican : Smalls's political leadership during Reconstruction, 1868-1877

They tried to cut him down : the trial of Robert Smalls, November 9, 1877

Consummate politician, 1877-1889

Robert Smalls and the Constitutional Convention of 1895

The Bampfields of Beaufort : Samuel and Elizabeth Bampfield and their children

Hannah's children

Annie Wigg's family

A summing up : what is he to us?