![Southern Mysteries Podcast show](https://d3dthqtvwic6y7.cloudfront.net/podcast-covers/000/090/843/small/southern-mysteries-podcast.jpg)
Summary: In 1862, an enslaved crew member of a Confederate steamship, stole the ship and sailed it past Confederate forces to deliver it to the Union. This outlaw to the Confederacy became a hero of the Union and a symbol of hope and freedom to the enslaved people of the American South. This is incredible story of Robert Smalls, a man who set sail to freedom.