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Yearning to Breathe Free: Robert Smalls of South Carolina and His Families
Andrew Billingsley
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Description for Yearning to Breathe Free: Robert Smalls of South Carolina and His Families
Hardcover. Slave, pilot, businessman, statesman, US congressman - Smalls played many roles en route to becoming an American icon. This work offers the biography of Smalls to assess the influence of his families - black and white, past and present - on his life and enduring legend. Num Pages: 304 pages, 45 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBFS; 3JH; BGH; HBTB; HBTS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 499.
On May 13, 1862, the enslaved African American Robert Smalls (1839-1915) commandeered a Confederate warship, the Planter, from Charleston harbor and piloted the vessel to the Union blockade, thus securing his place in the annals of Civil War heroics. Slave, pilot, businessman, statesman, U.S. congressman - Smalls played many roles en route to becoming an American icon. Sociologist Andrew Billingsley offers the first biography of Smalls to assess the influence of his families - black and white, past and present - on his life and enduring legend. Born a slave in Beaufort, South Carolina, Robert Smalls was raised with his ... Read more
On May 13, 1862, the enslaved African American Robert Smalls (1839-1915) commandeered a Confederate warship, the Planter, from Charleston harbor and piloted the vessel to the Union blockade, thus securing his place in the annals of Civil War heroics. Slave, pilot, businessman, statesman, U.S. congressman - Smalls played many roles en route to becoming an American icon. Sociologist Andrew Billingsley offers the first biography of Smalls to assess the influence of his families - black and white, past and present - on his life and enduring legend. Born a slave in Beaufort, South Carolina, Robert Smalls was raised with his ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
University of South Carolina Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
304
Place of Publication
South Carolina, United States
ISBN
9781570036866
SKU
V9781570036866
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About Andrew Billingsley
Andrew Billingsley is a professor of sociology and African American studies and senior scholar in residence at the Institute for Families in Society at the University of South Carolina. His previous books are Mighty like a River: The Black Church and Social Reform and Climbing Jacob's Ladder: The Enduring Legacy of African-American Families.
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