Just heard the incredible story of Robert Smalls

Maybe related to Huge not sure. Anyway back in 1862 Robert Smalls was a slave that was pressed into service on a Confederate warship crewed by black men and white officers. The white officers used to go ashore in the evening to visit their families. As a joke one of his fellow crew mates put the Captains hat on Smalls head and this was the genesis of the idea that Smalls would sail yhe Confederate ship without the Officers and with his enslaved family out of the harbour, up the river and past all the confederate forts and surrender to the Union Navy, and to freedom. I wondered why this hadnt been made into a movie but I see it is currently under way. Amazing story User Posted Link he later went on to be Captain of that ship and a politician. Brilliant csnt wait for the movie.

Posted By: Tombs on October 22nd 2020 at 15:22:33

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Just heard the incredible story of Robert Smalls (General Chat) - Tombs, Oct 22, 15:22:33
- Maybe one day colour will just become, well colour. Brillers Mr T. (n/m) (General Chat) - DrDublin, Oct 22, 21:02:02
  - incredible story dubbs (General Chat) - Tombs, Oct 22, 21:56:46
- Thanks (General Chat) - essexcanaryOTBC, Oct 22, 16:24:41
- I always wondered why no one made a film of the Gran Sasso raid (General Chat) - Worzel Scrimmage, Oct 22, 16:23:08
  - Hangings too good for him (n/m) (General Chat) - Tombs, Oct 22, 17:02:11
    - bit harsh (General Chat) - Worzel Scrimmage, Oct 22, 17:06:44
      - I renember it vaguely, was enjoyable as i recall it (n/m) (General Chat) - Tombs, Oct 22, 17:24:32
        
        yeah, it was good, but it's a very funny book. Recommended (n/m) (General Chat) - Worzel Scrimmage, Oct 22, 17:29:39
        
        am i misrenembering it but didnt elphick used to break the 4th wall now and then? (n/m) (General Chat) - Tombs, Oct 22, 18:41:30
        
        Yeah possibly, I don't recall that much about it tbf. It was about 40 years ago now (General Chat) - Worzel Scrimmage, Oct 22, 18:47:13
        
        Didn't he com back sfter the war to dig up the forged (General Chat) - KevinBond, Oct 22, 17:29:00
        
        I think you might be right (General Chat) - Worzel Scrimmage, Oct 22, 17:36:29
- ^Contains spoilers FFS !! (n/m) (General Chat) - Jumbo1, Oct 22, 15:56:05
- That is a superb story. Horrible times so its good when you (General Chat) - Chopper, Oct 22, 15:47:05
  - Spotify podcaster linkyup (General Chat) - Tombs, Oct 22, 16:55:18
    - Well worth a lug btw as pheobe judge interviews bobby smallses descendent (General Chat) - Tombs, Oct 22, 16:59:38
  - Few and far between though, unfortunately. The exceptions that defeat the system (n/m) (General Chat) - essexcanaryOTBC, Oct 22, 16:27:44
- Biggie (n/m) (General Chat) - protheroe fitzgibbon, Oct 22, 15:30:15
  - Thanks (n/m) (General Chat) - Tombs, Oct 22, 15:34:46

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