Jamaican sculptor Basil Watson has been chosen to create a historic statue of Robert Smalls, marking the first monument ...

Smalls was the only Black crew member on board the Handala ship. He was also the only passenger to be both choked and kicked ...

The Beaufort County School District honored the 2025 Principal and Assistant Principal of the Year at the district’s ...

Basil Watson calls it an honor to create a likeness of Smalls, the first Black person honored with a statue at the SC State ...

Artist Basil Watson is creating the first statue of an African American, Civil War hero Robert Smalls, to be placed on South Carolina's Statehouse grounds.

Beaufort police arrested two men after an apparent gunfight in a McDonald’s parking lot Wednesday night. The two suspects, a ...

A 19-year-old sailor was believed to be lost at sea this week in an assumed overboard incident that led to a 45-hour search ...

The Handala Freedom Flotilla was intercepted by Israeli troops on Sunday as carried baby formula, nappies, food, and medicine ...

Robert Smalls​ escaped slavery in Charleston by commandeering a Confederate ship and became a top Union naval officer and ...

Before he was a South Carolina lawmaker recognized as a champion of civil rights, Robert Smalls escaped slavery in Charleston ...

I’m sharing the incredible true story of Robert Smalls—a man born into slavery who became a Civil War hero, a pivotal ...