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[โ€“] rc__buggy@sh.itjust.works 4 points 2 years ago (1 children)
[โ€“] imaqtpie@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 years ago

Robert Smalls was a really awesome dude. The historical circumstances that determined the course of his life are profoundly tragic.

If you view his life from a cinematic perspective, yeah it slaps. From a historical perspective, he lived and died and the societal conditions which he struggled against remained essentially unchanged. He's a historical footnote.