Cover image for Freedom on the sea : the true story of the Civil War hero Robert Smalls and his daring escape to freedom / written by Michael Boulware Moore ; illustrated by Bryan Collier.
Title:
Freedom on the sea : the true story of the Civil War hero Robert Smalls and his daring escape to freedom / written by Michael Boulware Moore ; illustrated by Bryan Collier.
ISBN:
9781250818355
Personal Author:
Moore, Michael Boulware
Edition:
First edition.
Publication Information:
New York : Godwin Books, Henry Holt and Company, [2024]

©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." -- Provided by publisher.
Personal Subject:
Smalls, Robert, 1839-1915.
Corporate Subject:
Planter (Steamship)
Geographic Term:
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Biography

United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Participation, African American

Beaufort (S.C.) -- Biography.
Subject Term:
Enslaved persons--South Carolina -- Biography.

Escapes--South Carolina.

Fugitive slaves--South Carolina--Beaufort -- Biography.

African American sailors -- Biography.

Black sailors--United States -- Biography

African Americans--South Carolina -- Biography.

Black people--South Carolina -- Biography

Ship captains--United States -- Biography
Genre:
Biographies

Picture books

Creative nonfiction
Added Author:
Collier, Bryan
OCLC Number:
on1434648591
Availability:
Burnsville - Burnhaven~1

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