HGTV’s Favorite Historic Home!
Posted: August 21, 2018 | Source: abc7chicago.comThe standout winner of the 2018 HGTV viewers favorite historic home belonged to a former slave. Robert Smalls was born a slave in 1839 in Beaufort, South Carolina. During the American Civil War, Smalls gained his freedom impersonating the captain of an armed confederate transport ship and sailing her into the hands of the Union Navy. Referred to as a hero in the North and a traitor in the South, after the war Smalls returned to Beaufort where he was later elected to the U.S. House of Representatives. His former home was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1974 and is for sale at $1.49 million.