Seven Miles to Freedom: The Robert Smalls Story
- ISBN-10
- 0736794328
- ISBN-13
- 9780736794329
- Category
- African American legislators
- Pages
- 40
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2013
- Author
- Janet Halfmann
Description
"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"--Provided by publisher.
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