From Slave to Congressman: The Story of Robert Smalls - Kevin Hart’s Guide to Black History

[@ttunlehs]

Robert Smalls also founded the Republican Party in SC, made education a top priority and legislated for it to be free and compulsory. He was far more than the 6 minutes major celebrity Kevin Hart has given him, although I’m glad someone is talking about him. He should have a statue at the Capitol in SC and DC.

[@TempleSquire]

They need a statue in the south tbh or his own coin. As founding father of American democracy, AFTER the civil war.

[@ttunlehs]

@@TempleSquire I would love for Mr Smalls to get a statue.

[@SaucySharp]

@@TempleSquirehe actually has a bronze bust in Beaufort, SC next to a church he helped found and behind it is him his wife and kids burial place.

[@TheNopeDude]

Kevin has such a great voice for this. He would do great recording comedy audiobooks.

[@LazyIRanch]

Yes, he would! He'd also be great recording funny children's books, and there are many good ones. I wish they'd bring back "Reading Rainbow" that starred Levar Burton. Keep Levar, but have a guest reader every episode, like Kevin Hart, James Gaffigan, etc. I would totally watch that, and I'm 60 with no grandchildren!

[@KellyfromMemphisDD214]

This isn’t a comedy

[@friedbeanz3953]

@@KellyfromMemphisDD214 have you watched it

[@rosat2770]

I'm so old! I know this man as Hits from the street on BET!

[@jeremyblackwater439]

IKR 😆

[@LazyIRanch]

I love this story of Robert Smalls so much, have read about it before but Kevin Hart just makes it better. I used to have a tiny but brave goat named "Smalls". He came with that name, named after a character in the movie, "The Sandlot", but since he was brave, handsome, and black, to me he was named for this "Smalls". My goat fought off a dog attack, saved his offspring and his ladies lives by leading the dog away although he was severely injured. After the vet stitched him back up, I gave him to a friend who lives in a safer place (I thought). Poor Smalls was killed a month ago by a mountain lion, along with his 3 other goat buddies but I bet he fought to the end like the brave little hero he was.

[@frankiebishop5802]

This is a really sad story!

[@jessetorres8738]

I hope Comedy Central releases a bunch more of these over the rest of February.

[@paulmd2010]

Robert Smalls is the biggest badass in American history. Its such a shame more people don't know his story.

[@wyverndc979]

It's seriously underated brother

[@andrewnicholls3953]

Robert Smalls is a local hero in Beaufort SC. He needs to be up there with Tubman, Douglass, DuBois etc.

[@Amynight19]

Robert Smalls need his monument and movie! Someone make a movie!

[@MamaOfTwo]

“I’m the king of the worrrlllldddd! Oh, did I say that …. “ ☠️☠️☠️

[@jonathanjones7681]

This man said I’ve been sleeping on burlap my whole life 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@donaldreynolds6857]

It would have been funny if the Union captain stepped on board and found him wearing a confederate flag.

[@onemannews]

If anyone needs a movie made about him, it's Robert Smalls.

[@viral_suppressor4154]

Smalls was f*ing badass! How come I had to find it myself on the internet?

[@nickbuckley4371]

This needs a movie it would be awesome

[@zanii_o]

This is on Netflix, and it has been for like 2 or 3 years

[@jdunivant1]

Yea in description it says original airdate

[@jonwhitmac]

This is cool, but is this why we lost Drunk History?

[@blueferral3414]

I drove past the Robert Smalls house this morning.

[@GlennTillema]

Why is this not a movie already? The guys life is epic!

[@bettershadeofme]

“No Biggie” Smalls... Classic! Great Story!

[@rickdymanus7680]

Damn how they managed to get such talented actors brah

[@LazyIRanch]

Because these are so much fun, who wouldn't love being involved?

[@LazyIRanch]

Who is the actor portraying the checkpoint guy at 1:42? He looks so much like Jack Elam, great character actor from the 50's and 60's westerns and Twilight Zone.

[@pho-King]

I knew they would skip right over the detail of him being Republican, during his time in congress..

[@CoreyDHollingsworth]

Wouldn’t he be what you call a Rino?😂😂

[@candlercando]

I didn't think I would like a comical take but I like that the facts remained facts.

[@bored_zombie6675]

Make a full length movie allready.

[@ethanaleman]

best one yet lol

[@macaronikid-conejovalleyan1504]

I love the ending

[@tylerhackner9731]

✊🏼✊🏼✊🏼✊🏼

[@pearlejam7115]

No Biggie, Smalls says 😆🤣

[@robgregory5136]

My son made a poster of Robert smalls for black history month. When I came in for teacher conferences it made me sad that most of the posters were athletes or celebrities instead of amazing people like smalls or McCoy or carver or Douglas, etc.

[@hermaeusmora2945]

Hmmm i noticed you left off which political party Smalls was a part of when he went to Congress, Comedy Central. Why is that?

[@brandonreeves8579]

Friday February 5th 8pm EST

[@Francois_Le_Blendeur]

That wasn't the confederate flag during Civil war

[@ArunaKhudan]

Wow amazing

[@wyverndc979]

This would surely be a great "Netflix Story" if they care ¯⁠\⁠_⁠(⁠ツ⁠)⁠_⁠/⁠¯

[@Sweet..letssurf]

Kevin,, great story

[@kingflourisher]

My great great great great grandfather

[@kraiden3]

Wait, Lincoln is Gaius Baltar :O

[@gingapoop1059]

there’s a kevin hart special that tells his story

[@bakerbaker454]

Robert Smalls inventor of the Tugboat

[@truth517]

Pretty good

[@justsomepersononyoutube9271]

Nice

[@fullblizzy1603]

Did Harriet Tubman do this on drunk history?

[@Abhishek-ts4yu]

🙏

[@texmexboss]

Oh shit! It’s I need money! Got damn!

[@dylerturden8887]

I don't know anything about black history so can anyone tell is this skit is completely fictional or it is based upon some true facts.?

[@kylewilliams8114]

It's based on a true story. The main points are all true

[@inilahabdi7393]

I am speed

[@aaaaaaaaaaa8240]

yes u are

[@sameemrasheed1392]

None of our history is funny. Make a real movie about him KH. Amazing that you think it's okay to add comedy to his story.

[@carlosiiicatalan9894]

🥶

[@big_kwacks_999]

speed

[@TheGoatedMMA]

hes my grandfather

[@RyanClark-gr9yb]

I can't believe it's only been 2 generations since his day. My, things have changed big time. I wonder what he'd be doing if he were alive and seeing all the nonsense going on in the US?

[@benzgm]

A speed I m

[@Benzke]

A

[@LoneWolf_RO]

was this supposed to be funny or something like that?......

[@bigcoop3717]

Stop having these comedians narrate black history, nothing is funny about this subject matter

[@MrDatkidceddy]

I’m so sorry I’m white

[@tijoe1659]

🤔🙂👍 Wannabe hat

[@JerryAss]

G

[@aaaaaaaaaaa8240]

SPEED

[@blank557]

"Smalls wrote to U.S. Senator Knute Nelson, "I never lose sight of the fact that had it not been for the Republican Party, I never would have been an office-holder of any kind-from 1862 to the present." In words that became famous, he described his party as "the party of Lincoln...which unshackled the necks of four million human beings." He wrote this line on September 12, 1912, in a letter expressing his anxiety over the looming presidential election. In that letter, he concluded: "I ask that every colored man in the North who has a vote to cast would cast that vote for the regular Republican Party and thus bury the Democratic Party so deep that there will not be seen even a bubble coming from the spot where the burial took place." en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Smalls

[@tokenmcsweetleaf8006]

This was dumb down crap, bring back drunk history

[@jdunivant1]

Isn't drunk history a "dumb down" stories told by drunk people?

[@softcoreplebgaming9674]

Who understands this ? Only muricans?

[@CapnDred]

I’m British. I understood it!

[@leolana6729]

The biggest Republican of all time... Lincoln

[@oscarmerlin1143]

Great Republican, he beat out all those democrat's like tillman