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South Carolina to build first monument to an African American

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Robert Smalls put on Confederate clothes in order to steal a slaveholder's ship and sail his family and a dozen others to freedom during the Civil War .

Smalls helped rewrite South Carolina's constitution to allow Black men equality after the war.

A special committee has until January 15 to come up with a design, a location and the money to pay for whatever memorial they choose.

Robert Smalls was born in 1839 in Beaufort and died in 1915 in his hometown a free, but somewhat forgotten man.

Supporters now have a chance to make sure he never fades into obscurity.

Driving a Confederate boat to freedom is what captures the most attention in that remarkable life.

VR Score

74

Informative language

77

Neutral language

25

Article tone

semi-formal

Language

English

Language complexity

46

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possibly offensive

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not hateful

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Time-value

short-lived

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