If you’re passing along Waterfront Park in Charleston, you may spy something poking up from behind a row of bushes. Closer inspection reveals it to be a tribute to Robert Smalls, whose incredible story the city honored in May of 2012 with a two-day observance and the placement of an additional historical marker on the Battery. For those unfamiliar with the story, it entails an extraordinary feat of wit and courage. Smalls was born into slavery in Beaufort, South Carolina. During the Civil War, he was assigned to steer the…
