Between 1865 and 1876, about 2,000 Blacks (including men of color or mixed race) held elective and appointive offices in the South. A few are relatively well-known, but most became obscure because official state histories prepared after Reconstruction omitted them; Whites dominated state governments and suppressed the Black population and its history. Foner profiles more than 1,500 Black legislators, state officials, sheriffs, justices of the peace, and constables in this volume. Gabridge, Patrick, Steering to Freedom (Penmore Press, 2015). . Novel about Robert Smalls' life. Kennedy, Robert F., Jr. Robert Smalls, the Boat Thief (New York: Hyperion, 2008). . A picture book illustrated by Patrick Faricy. Rabinowitz, Howard N. Southern Black Leaders of the Reconstruction Era (Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 1982) Sterling, Dorothy. Captain of the "Planter": The Story of Robert Smalls (Doubleday & Co. Garden City, 1958) Thomas, Rhondda R. & Ashton, Susanna, eds (2014). The South Carolina Roots of African American Thought, Columbia: University of South Carolina Press. "Robert Smalls (1839–1915)," pp. 65–70. Uya, Okon Edet, From Slavery to Public Service: Robert Smalls, 1839–1915 (Oxford University Press. New York, 1971) Bruce G. Terrell, Gordon P. Watts, Timothy J. Runyan, The Search for Planter: The Ship That Escaped Charleston and Carried Robert Smalls to Destiny (National Marine Sanctuaries, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, National Marine Maritime Heritage Program Series No. 1, 2014) External links "Robert Smalls: The slave who became a Civil War hero", BBC Reel, February 17, 2022. Short video by Dominika Ożyńska and Adrian Hartrick on Smalls. Q&A interview with Cate Lineberry on her book Be Free or Die: The Amazing Story of Robert Smalls' Escape from Slavery to Union Hero, August 6, 2017, C-SPAN Entry from the House of Representatives In the episode "Robert Smalls" of the podcast Criminal, published on June 19, 2020, Phoebe Judge tells the story of Robert Smalls. Robert Smalls: Former Slave and Civil War Hero, Hagley Museum and Library In the episode "The Wheel" of the podcast The Memory Palace, published on February 10, 2016, Nate DiMeo tells the story of Robert Smalls. The episodes "The Incredible Escape of Robert Smalls" published on February 15, 2016, and "Robert Smalls: From Contraband to Congress" published on February 17, 2016, of the podcast Stuff You Missed in History Class, tell the story of Robert Smalls' life. |- |- |- 1839 births 1915 deaths 19th-century American politicians 19th-century American slaves 20th-century African-American people