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The Rev. Kenneth Hodges gives a brief history of the life and times of runaway slave turned U.S. Senator Robert Smalls during Smalls’ birthday celebration at Tabernacle Baptist Church, sponsored by the Beaufort Republican Women. Smalls, a lifelong Republican, was honored during the Club’s “unity event” Monday, April 5, on church grounds where he is buried. MOnday would have been his birthday.