Be free or die the amazing story of Robert Smalls' escape from slavery to Union hero
"It was a mild May morning in Charleston, South Carolina, in 1862, the second year of the Civil War, when a twenty-three-year-old slave named Robert Smalls did the unthinkable and boldly seized a Confederate steamer. With his wife and two young children hidden on board, Smalls and a small crew...
| Main Author: | Lineberry, Cate (Author) |
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| Format: | Books Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York, NY :
St. Martin's Press,
[2017]
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| Edition: | First edition. |
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Table of Contents:
- Prologue
- The escape
- South Carolina's son
- In the service of the Confederacy
- Union hero
- Our country calls
- North and south
- The Keokuk
- Captain Smalls
- The City of Brotherly Love
- Triumph and tragedy
- Retaliation and reward
- Epilogue.