A slave working at a Charleston shipyard learned the ropes sufficiently to sneak a Confederate ship—the Planter —past Fort Sumter and into Union hands. His exploits thrust him into the national spotlight as a war hero, and eventually he represented South Carolina in the U.S. Congress.

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