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Freedom on the sea : the true story of the Civil War Robert Smalls and his daring escape to freedom /

Moore, Michael Boulware,

Freedom on the sea : the true story of the Civil War Robert Smalls and his daring escape to freedom / - First edition. - 1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 27 cm

"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"--

9781250818355 1250818354

bl2024011486


Smalls, Robert, 1839-1915 --Juvenile literature.
Smalls, Robert, 1839-1915.


Enslaved persons--South Carolina--Biography--Juvenile literature.
Escapes--South Carolina--Juvenile literature.
African Americans--South Carolina--Biography--Juvenile literature.
Enslaved persons.
Escapes--South Carolina.
African Americans--Biography.
Picture books.


United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Biography--Juvenile literature.
United States--History--Participation, African American--Civil War, 1861-1865--Juvenile literature.
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865.
United States--History--Participation, African American.--Civil War, 1861-1865


Biographies.
Picture books.

E185.97.S6 / M66 2024

973.8092 B