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Be Free Or Die: The Amazing Story of Robert Smalls' Escape from Slavery to Union Hero
Language: en
Pages: 289
Authors: Cate Lineberry
Categories: Biography & Autobiography
Type: BOOK - Published: 2017-06-20 - Publisher: St. Martin's Press

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It was a mild May morning in Charleston, South Carolina, in 1862, the second year of the Civil War, when a 23-year-old enslaved man named Robert Smalls boldly s
Yearning to Breathe Free
Language: en
Pages: 306
Authors: Andrew Billingsley
Categories: Social Science
Type: BOOK - Published: 2021-03-05 - Publisher: Univ of South Carolina Press

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A sociological approach to appreciating the heroism and legacy of the Gullah statesman On May 13, 1862, Robert Smalls (1839-1915) commandeered a Confederate war
The Escape of Robert Smalls
Language: en
Pages: 40
Authors: Jehan Jones-Radgowski
Categories: Juvenile Nonfiction
Type: BOOK - Published: 2019-08-01 - Publisher: Capstone

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The mist in Charleston Inner Harbor was heavy, but not heavy enough to disguise the stolen Confederate steamship, the Planter, from Confederate soldiers. In the
Gullah Statesman
Language: en
Pages: 324
Authors: Edward A. Miller, Jr.
Categories: Biography & Autobiography
Type: BOOK - Published: 2021-12-23 - Publisher: Univ of South Carolina Press

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A political biography of the first African American hero of the Civil War A native of Beaufort, South Carolina, Robert Smalls was born into slavery but—throug
Seven Miles to Freedom
Language: en
Pages: 0
Authors: Janet Halfmann
Categories: African American legislators
Type: BOOK - Published: 2008 - Publisher:

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Growing up a slave in South Carolina, Robert Smalls always dreamed of the moment freedom would be within his grasp. Now that moment was here.Robert stood proudl