His work as a spokesperson for African Americans helped convince Lincoln of allowing free African Americans to serve in the Union army and later became a way to recruit them, strengthening the Union´s troops. Furthermore, his experience in the South Carolina Sea Islands allowed him to improve the Union´s military campaign in around 17 missions as the pilot of the USS Crusader, and next as the captain of the Planter.
Explanation:
Born into slavery in 1839, in Beaufort, South Carolina, Smalls became a national sensation after he escaped to the Union army in a stolen Confederate ship.
The reasons for war were many, but there were two immediate ones: America's support the ongoing struggle by Cubans and Filipinos against Spanish rule, and the mysterious explosion of the battleship U.S.S. Maine in Havana Harbor.
An allusion has been made to the Homestead Law. I think it worthy of consideration, and that the wild lands of the country should be distributed so that every man should have the means and opportunity of benefitting his condition.
