Title: Yearning to Breathe Free
First published: May 30, 2007
Description: Robert Smalls, son of Lydia Polite, was born 5 April 1839 in Beaufort, South Carolina. He and his mother were slaves of Henry McKee. He married Hannah Jones (1826-1883) in Charleston, South Carolina in 1858.
Subjects: Legislators, Biography, History, African Americans, Family, Smalls, robert, 1839-1915, Legislators, united states, African americans, south carolina, African americans, biography, United states, history, civil war, 1861-1865, biography