Freedom on the sea : the true story of the Civil War hero Robert Smalls and his daring escape to freedom
Edition
First edition.
Publication Information
New York : Godwin Books, Henry Holt and Company, 2024.
Physical Description
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 27 cm
Summary
"On the night of May 13th, 1862, as the Civil War raged on in the United States, 16 enslaved people decided they would reach freedom or die trying. Filled to the brim with suspense, this true story details how Robert Smalls commandeered a Confederate ship through the Charleston harbor toward liberation at the Union blockade. Experience both determination and triumph with this picture book biography written by Robert Small's great-great grandson, Michael Boulware Moore."--
Subjects
- Enslaved persons > South Carolina > Biography > Juvenile literature.
- Escapes > South Carolina > Juvenile literature.
- Fugitive slaves > South Carolina > Beaufort > Biography > Juvenile literature.
- African American sailors > Biography > Juvenile literature.
- African Americans > South Carolina > Biography > Juvenile literature.
- Ship captains > United States > Biography > Juvenile literature.
- Enslaved persons.
- Escapes > South Carolina.
- African Americans > Biography.
- United States > History > Civil War, 1861-1865 > Biography > Juvenile literature.
- United States > History > Civil War, 1861-1865 > Participation, African American > Juvenile literature.
- Beaufort (S.C.) > Biography > Juvenile literature.
- United States > History > Civil War, 1861-1865.
- United States > History > Civil War, 1861-1865 > Participation, African American.
- Planter (Steamship) > Juvenile literature.
- Smalls, Robert, 1839-1915 > Juvenile literature.
- Smalls, Robert, 1839-1915.