Robert Smalls passed away in what year?
1915
1925
1839
1910
Answer
Robert Smalls passed away in 1915. He was an American hero who escaped slavery during the Civil War and went on to become a successful businessman and politician. Smalls was born into slavery in 1839 in Beaufort, South Carolina. In 1862, he was serving as a cabin boy on a Confederate ship when he seized control of the ship and sailed it to the Union fleet.
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