Which political party did Robert Smalls represent?
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Robert Smalls was a Republican Party member who served as a congressman from South Carolina from 1875 to 1882. He was born a slave in Beaufort, South Carolina, and escaped to the Union Navy during the Civil War. After the war, he became a successful businessman and politician.
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