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The_Edwards_Notebook-The_One_That_Got_Away011226 · The Ron Edwards American Experience V2

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  Speaker 1: Throughout American history, there are numerous unbelievable stories of heroism
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  Speaker 1: and overcoming insurmountable situations and securing one's liberty. Hello, I'm
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  Speaker 1: or Ron Edwards on today's pace from the Yeward's Notebook,
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  Speaker 1: brought to you by Root Brand's premium health products. Did
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  Speaker 1: you know a man stole an entire warship just to
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  Speaker 1: buy his own Southern Democrat master's house. Forget fiction, This
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  Speaker 1: is the insane story of Robert Small's In eighteen sixty two.
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  Speaker 1: Smalls was an enslaved crewman on a Confederate ship. One night,
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  Speaker 1: the captain went to party. Smalls saw his chance to
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  Speaker 1: free himself, so he put on the captain's big straw
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  Speaker 1: hat and long coat to disguise himself. He sailed past
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  Speaker 1: five heavily armed enemy forts in the dark. He mimicked
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  Speaker 1: the captain's hand signals perfectly. The guards had no clue,
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  Speaker 1: so they waved him through. By sunrise, he reached the
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  Speaker 1: Union blockade and surrendered the ship. Can't just escape, He
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  Speaker 1: delivered the enemy's own guns to the US Navy. He
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  Speaker 1: became a national hero and got a huge reward. But
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  Speaker 1: here's the best part. He went back home and bought
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  Speaker 1: his former master's mansion. The former master left with very
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  Speaker 1: little talk about an unbelievable reversal of fortunes. I'm ron
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  Speaker 1: Edwardson Ron Edwards, the new voice of America.