Keywords: Robert Smalls - Brady-Handy.jpg Robert Smalls S C M C Born in Beaufort SC April 1839 Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Brady-Handy Photograph Collection http //hdl loc gov/loc pnp/cwpbh 03683 CALL NUMBER LC-BH826- 825 <P P>P P between 1870 1880 Creator Mathew Brady Creator Levin Corot Handy PD Robert Smalls April 5 1839 - February 23 1915 was an African American slave who became a naval hero at the same time he freed himself and his family in May 1862 from slavery He was born in Beaufort United States and became a politician This summary was created using Commons SumItUp PD-Brady-Handy LOC-image cwpbh 03683 Photographs by Mathew Brady and Levin Handy Smalls Robert Black and white photographic portraits of men Smalls Robert Robert Smalls |