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The enslaved man who stole a Confederate ship, sailed to freedom and became a U.S. Congressman

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South Carolina will honor Robert Smalls with the state's first statue of a Black American .

Smalls was born into slavery in Beaufort , South Carolina , in 1839 .

He was an enslaved man who stole a Confederate ship, sailed to freedom and became a U.S. Congressman.

He became the first Black person to serve as a pilot for the Navy and fought 17 Civil War battles.

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74

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78

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9

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formal

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English

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51

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not offensive

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not hateful

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short-lived

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