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 * [[image:superman.jpg width="70" height="99"]] || 1: What is a hero? || Many people think that a hero is Superman or Spiderman or one of those cartoons that save the victims.Well you are all wrong!!! A hero is a any person in the world who saves a persons life whiles his/her life is in danger. ||
 * 2[[image:civilwar.jpg width="89" height="83"]] || 2:What did Robert Smalls have to do with the Civil War? || Robert Smalls was black like 99% of the slaves, He was stationed on a Confederate boat during the Civil War. He was on the boat at night while the white crew men were on the shore sleeping he started the boilers and pulled the ship out and went to another ship that was housing his family. ||
 * 3[[image:planter-gun-boat.jpg width="87" height="85"]] || 3 The Panter || The Planter was made has a transport vessal before the Civil War broke out.When the war started they Confederates transformed the Planter into a heavly armed combat ship. It could also carry 300 soliders or 600 slaves or 400 prisoners. ||
 * 4[[image:Smalls.jpg width="58" height="62"]] || 4 Robert Smalls STEALS the Planter !!!!!!!! || One early morning in March Robert Smalls fired up the boilers and pulled the Planter out of port. He had to use Confederate whistle singnals to get past has many has five forts that were controlled by Confederate Forces. After Clearing all the Forts he when one to rescue salves from a prison ship.Most of the slaves were hsi family members. ||
 * 5[[image:Slaves_in_chains.jpg width="80" height="49"]] || 5 Rescuing Slave || Smalls decided to rescue the slaves aboard another prison ship because of two reasons. The first is that many of them were going to transfered into the field were they work long hard hours and most slaves died from dehydration suffered by working long hours in the fields. The second reason is because most of about the dozen slaves he rescued were his family. He did not want to lose his family so he risked his life to save them. ||
 * 6[[image:union_flag.jpg width="62" height="34"]] || 6 Truning the Planter Over to Union Forces || After the slaves were rescued Smalls headed to Union Waters there. When he was approaching he ran across a Union ship just about o open fire on Smalls and the Planter when someone on the Planter raised the white flag signaling that they were surrendering. The Union called him a hero but Smalls did not think that he was a hero,he thought that he was just doing his duty to his country. ||
 * 7[[image:Captian_Bars.jpg width="32" height="26"]] || 7 Smalls is the fist Captian in the Navy || Shortly after turning over the Planter over to the Union forces Smalls was assigned to the Planter. He was envoled in many battles on the Planter until he was promoted to Capitan. He was the first black captain in the navy. ||
 * 8[[image:202-80px-brigadier_general_insignia.png width="60" height="60"]] || 8 Becoming A General in the Navy || In about a year he was promoted to General. After being promoted to General Smalls retired form the Navy and ran for congress in South Carolina. ||
 * 9[[image:1861_capitol_frontpage.jpg width="58" height="89"]] || 9 First Black Congressmen !!!!!! || Smalls was the first black congressman. He served for one term and then was not elected again.He help change black laws in the USA. ||
 * 10[[image:graveStone.jpg width="58" height="80"]] || 10 After his death || Robert Smalls is still remembered has a hero today after his death in 1904. He is buried in his home state of South Carolina in a unknown locational. ||