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Yearning to Breathe Free: Robert Smalls of South Carolina and His Families
Yearning to Breathe Free Robert Smalls of South Carolina and His Families
Author: Andrew Billingsley
On May 13, 1862, the enslaved African American Robert Smalls (1839-1915) commandeered a Confederate warship, the Planter, from Charleston harbor and piloted the vessel to the Union blockade, thus securing his place in the annals of Civil War heroics. Slave, pilot, businessman, statesman, U.S. congressman - Smalls played many roles en route to be...  more »
ISBN-13: 9781570036866
ISBN-10: 1570036861
Publication Date: 5/30/2007
Pages: 253
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Publisher: University of South Carolina Press
Book Type: Hardcover
Members Wishing: 2
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