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Yearning to breathe free : Robert Smalls of South Carolina and his families /
Robert Smalls, son of Lydia Polite, was born 5 April 1839 in Beaufort, South Carolina. He and his mother were slaves of Henry McKee. He married Hannah Jones (1826-1883) in Charleston, South Carolina in 1858.
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Columbia :
University of South Carolina Press,
©2007.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Slavery, religion, and family in the Robert Smalls legacy
- In the house of Pharaoh: growing up in bondage and privilege, 1839-1851
- On the waterfront : growing to manhood in Charleston, 1851-1862
- The seizure of the Planter : a family affair, May 13, 1862
- Early duty for the union forces, 1862
- Robert Smalls and the USS Keokuk, April 7, 1863
- Robert Smalls and the Planter at war, 1862-1866
- In Beaufort after the war : home, family, and community leadership
- Mr. Republican : Smalls's political leadership during Reconstruction, 1868-1877
- They tried to cut him down : the trial of Robert Smalls, November 9, 1877
- Consummate politician, 1877-1889
- Robert Smalls and the Constitutional Convention of 1895
- The Bampfields of Beaufort : Samuel and Elizabeth Bampfield and their children
- Hannah's children
- Annie Wigg's family
- A summing up : what is he to us?