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BOOK
Title Be free or die : the amazing story of Robert Smalls' escape from slavery to Union hero / Cate Lineberry
Imprint New York, NY : St. Martin's Press, [2017]

LIBRARY / MAP CALL NUMBER STATUS MESSAGE
 Bunkeflo:Vuxen Facklitteratur (900-999)  973 Small engelska    CHECK SHELF  ---
Edition First edition
Descript xiii, 272 pages,16 unnumbered pages of plates illustrations, map 22 cm
Note "June 2017"--Title page verso
Includes bibliographical references (pages 237-263) and index
Content 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
Note "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 ran a gauntlet of heavily armed fortifications in Charleston Harbor and delivered the valuable vessel and the massive guns it carried to nearby Union forces. To be unsuccessful was a death sentence for all. Smalls' courageous and ingenious act freed him and his family from slavery and immediately made him a Union hero while simultaneously challenging much of the country's view of what African Americans were willing to do to gain their freedom. After his escape, Smalls served in numerous naval campaigns off Charleston as a civilian boat pilot and eventually became the first black captain of an Army ship...Be Free or Die is a compelling narrative that illuminates Robert Smalls' amazing journey from slave to Union hero and ultimately United States Congressman."--Dust jacket
Subject Smalls, Robert, 1839-1915.
United States. Congress. House -- Biography
United States. Congress. House.
Planter (Steamship)
United States. Congress. House -- Biography
American Civil War (1861-1865)
1861-1865
Afro-amerikaner
African American legislators.
African Americans.
Fugitive slaves.
Ship captains.
Military participation -- African American.
African American legislators -- Biography
African Americans -- Biography
Fugitive slaves -- South Carolina -- Beaufort -- Biography
Ship captains -- United States -- Biography
Beaufort (S.C.) -- Biography
United States.
South Carolina -- Beaufort.
Beaufort (S.C) -- Biography
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Participation, African American
Förenta staterna
USA
Biografi
Biography.
History.
Classmark 973.8092
Lz Small, Robert
ISBN/ISSN 9781250101860 (hardcover)
1250101867 (hardcover)
9781250101877 ((ebook)
40027280991
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