[DOC] [TLE] Robert Smalls, from Escaped Slave to House of Representatives - PBS [PAR] Robert Smalls made a daring sea escape during the Civil War as a slave and 
went on to serve five terms in Congress as a Representative from South Carolina. 
... of the white captain and his two mates, slipped a cotton steamer off the dock, ... 
this black male slave had commandeered a heavily armed Confederate ship and
... [DOC] [TLE] How Robert Smalls Seized a Ship to Escape From Slavery to ... [PAR] Oct 12, 2016 ... A ship's pilot and Captain who fought in 17 engagements during the Civil War, ... 
In doing so he became a national hero, and an inspiration to black and white ... 
morning of May 13, 1862 in the harbor of Charleston, South Carolina. ... Born in 
Beaufort, South Carolina on April 5, 1839, Robert Smalls was the... [DOC] [TLE] Robert Smalls - Wikipedia [PAR] Robert Smalls (April 5, 1839  February 23, 1915) was an enslaved African 
American who, during and after the American Civil War, gained freedom and 
became a ship's pilot, sea captain, and politician. He freed himself, his crew and 
their families from slavery on May 13, 1862, by commandeering a Confederate 
transport ship, ... As a politician, Smalls authored state legislation providing for 
South Carolina... [DOC] [TLE] Robert Smalls: Commander of the Planter During the American Civil ... [PAR] But back in May 1862 Robert Smalls was a 23-year-old illiterate slave. ... morning 
of May 13, 1862, the Confederate commander at Charleston, South Carolina, ... 
Anxiously, Confederate officers peered out at the forms of Union blockading 
ships ... It was decided that, under a Union crew, the Planter, with its black 
company,... [DOC] [TLE] Robert Smalls facts, information, pictures | Encyclopedia.com ... [PAR] During the predawn hours of 13 May 1862, the ship's pilot, Robert Smalls, and ... 
its dock in Charleston Harbor, discreetly slipped past Confederate cannons ... 
Robert Smalls was born a slave on 5 April 1839 in Beaufort, South Carolina. ... 
Union navy as an army volunteer since the navy only enlisted blacks as ship 
laborers. [DOC] [TLE] Robert Smalls - Shiloh [PAR] Occupation: Pilot of the Planter, congressman, Republican ... May 13, 1862  
obtained freedom for himself, his wife and child, ... Smalls was the first black Navy 
captain in the service of the United States ... Blame for the incident fell ... Robert 
Smalls served in both houses of the South Carolina state legislature and served 
five... [DOC] [TLE] Robert Smalls - Knowitall.org [PAR] South Carolina, Smalls was asked to remain with the stolen Confederate vessel, 
though he would ... popular among the majority black populous and he entered 
politics. .... By age 19 Robert Smalls was a very proficient harbor pilot, had 
earned a job on ... In 1862 the Union Army set up a naval blockade around much 
of the. [DOC] [TLE] Dixie Outfitters | Robert Smalls Memorial [PAR] Charleston begins to address black history with Robert Smalls memorial by Will 
Moredock. On the night of May 13, 1862, slave and harbor pilot Robert Smalls 
and a ... He then slipped out of the harbor, past Fort Sumter and other heavily 
fortified ... After the war, Smalls founded the South Carolina Republican Party and 
was... [DOC] [TLE] Robert Smalls | The Civil War Gazette [PAR] Robert Smalls (1839  1915) was born in Beaufort, South Carolina, on April 5th, 
... Lincoln was quite impressed with a black man (slave) who had learned how to 
... Smalls would go on to pilot the Planter for the Union cause and take pace in ... 
Robert Smalls, ran out of Charleston Harbor on the morning of May 13, 1862,... [DOC] [TLE] On May 12, 1862 Robert Smalls commandeered the Confederate ... [PAR] He later served in the Union Navy, becoming the first Black man to command a 
ship, and after the war was elected to Congress from South Carolina. ... Smalls 
commandeered the Confederate warship The Planter in Charleston Harbor ..... Of 
all the

Question: In 1862 black Confederate pilot Robert Smalls slipped out of this South Carolina harbor to join the Union
Answer: Charleston