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Coverage dated October 22, 2024

South Carolina to honor African American hero with a statue

Headline from Newsweek

Robert Smalls escaped slavery by commandeering a Confederate ship, the CSS Planter, in 1862.

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  1. MyNorthwest

    South Carolina to build first monument to an African American. Meet Robert Smalls (opens MyNorthwest)

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    MyNorthwest's feed description

    BEAUFORT, S.C. (AP) — South Carolina is preparing to put up its first individual statue for an African American on its Statehouse lawn, honoring a man who

  2. CNN

    South Carolina to build its first monument to an African American (opens CNN)

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    CNN's feed description

    South Carolina is preparing to put up its first individual statue for an African American on its Statehouse lawn, honoring a man who put on Confederate clothes in order to steal a slaveholder’s ship and sail his family and a dozen others to freedom during the Civil War.

  3. Newsweek

    South Carolina to honor African American hero with a statue (opens Newsweek)

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    Newsweek's feed description

    Robert Smalls escaped slavery by commandeering a Confederate ship, the CSS Planter, in 1862.

  4. Green Field Reporter

    South Carolina to build first monument to an African American. Meet Robert Smalls - The Daily Reporter (opens Green Field Reporter)

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    Green Field Reporter's feed description

    BEAUFORT, S.C. (AP) — South Carolina is preparing to put up its first individual statue for an African American on its Statehouse lawn, honoring a man who put on Confederate clothes in order to steal a slaveholder’s ship and sail his family and a dozen others to freedom during the Civil War.

  5. NBC News

    South Carolina to build state's first individual monument honoring an African American (opens NBC News)

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    NBC News's feed description

    South Carolina is preparing to put up its first individual statue for an African American on its Statehouse lawn, honoring Robert Smalls.

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