The much happier version: Robert Smalls, a slave in the civil war, manages to steal a confederate ship from his master and sail it to union lines by putting on

The much happier version: Robert Smalls, a slave in the civil war, manages to steal a confederate ship from his master and sail it to union lines by putting on a hat. http://www.pbs.org/wnet/african-americans-many-rivers-to-cross/history/which-slave-sailed-himself-to-freedom/ http://www.pbs.org/wnet/african-americans-many-rivers-to-cro...