In August 2018, a meme describing the Hollywood-friendly nature of the life of an ex-slave turned Congressman named Robert ... Gulf coasts, cutting of the shipment of supplies to the Confederacy ...

Just before dawn on May 13, 1862, Robert Smalls and a crew composed of fellow ... has set up a blockade around much of the Atlantic and Gulf Coasts. Inside it, the Confederates are dug in ...

was born on the Gulf Coast in 1921, the son of an oysterman. Nearly all his life, he worked on the water, abiding by the widely shared faith that the resources of the Gulf of Mexico were limitless.