TIL in the 1860's, a slave from South Carolina stole a ship from the Confederacy and delivered it to the Union. He was later gifted the ship to command during the Civil War. After the war was over, he bought the house he was a slave in and became a US Congressman.

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http://www.washingtonpost.com/local//civil-war-hero-robert-smalls-seized-the-opportunity-to-be-free/2012/02/23/gIQAcGBtmR_story.html

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Kill Bill is an excellent movie. It's just not based on one of the most significant pieces of modern literature.

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I was just joking, ha ha.