Seven miles to freedom : the Robert Smalls story

Seven miles to freedom : the Robert Smalls story /

A biography of Robert Smalls who, during the Civil War, commandeered the Confederate ship Planter to carry his family and twelve other slaves to freedom, and went on to become a United States Congressman working toward African American advancement.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Halfmann, Janet (Author)
Other Authors: Smith, Duane, 1974- (Illustrator)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Lee & Low Books, [2008]
Edition:First edition.
Subjects:
Smalls, Robert, > 1839-1915 > Juvenile literature.
Smalls, Robert, > 1839-1915.
United States. > Congress. > House > Biography > Juvenile literature.
Planter (Steamship) > Juvenile literature.
Planter (Steamship)
United States. > Congress. > House. > Biography.
African Americans > Biography > Juvenile literature.
Ship captains > United States > Biography > Juvenile literature.
African American legislators > Biography > Juvenile literature.
Fugitive slaves > South Carolina > Beaufort > Biography > Juvenile literature.
African Americans > Biography.
Ship captains > United States > Biography.
African American legislators > Biography.
Fugitive slaves > South Carolina > Beaufort > Biography.
Beaufort (S.C.) > Biography > Juvenile literature.
United States > History > Civil War, 1861-1865 > Participation, African American > Juvenile literature.
Beaufort (S.C.) > Biography.
United States > History > Civil War, 1861-1865 > Participation, African American.
Picture books for children.

Simmons

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Call Number: 973.7415092 .H169 2008

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