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Robert Smalls was an African American who was enslaved during and after the Civil War of America, gained freedom and became the pilot of the ship, sea captain and hence a politician. He freed himself, his families and crew from the slavery on May 13, 1862, by the means of commandeering a confederate ship transport, in Charleston harbor, moving it from Confederate-controlled waters to the blockade of United States. His example and persuasion convinced President Lincoln to accept African-American soldiers into the United States Army and the United States Navy.

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