# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/robert-smalls
# Generated: 2026-08-13T01:13:51.046Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/robert-smalls"
name: "Robert Smalls"
slug: "robert-smalls"
description: "Robert Smalls was an American politician who was born into slavery in Beaufort, South Carolina. During the American Civil War, the still enslaved Smalls commandeered a Confederate transport ship in Charleston Harbor and sailed it from the Confederate-controlled waters of the harbor to the U.S. blockade that surrounded it. He then piloted the ship to the Union-controlled enclave in Beaufort–Port Royal–Hilton Head area, where it became a Union warship. In the process, he freed himself, his crew, and their families. His example and persuasion helped convince President Abraham Lincoln to accept African-American soldiers into the Union Army."
tagline: "American politician and former slave (1839-1915)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Robert_Smalls_-_Brady-Handy.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1839-04-05"
deathDate: "1915-02-23"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           52.79
  momentum:             0.3157894736842103
  historical:           15.74052933333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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    type:  "WEBSITE"
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    title: "Robert Smalls"
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    title: "Robert Smalls"
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    title: "Robert Smalls"
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    title: "Robert Smalls"
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    title: "רוברט סמולס"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Robert Smalls"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Smalls"
    title: "Robert Smalls"
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    title: "Robert Smalls"
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    title: "Robert Smalls"
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  - url: "https://yo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Smalls"
    title: "Robert Smalls"
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    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump