Download or read book Robert Smalls Sails to Freedom written by Susan Taylor Brown and published by Millbrook Press. This book was released on 2006-01-01 with total page 50 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Quickly and quietly, Robert Smalls headed the ship out of the Charleston Harbor. Across the wide river was the Northern Army and freedom for slaves like him. On Robert’s side of the river was the Southern Army and Robert’s master. Robert knew his master would never give him freedom. Now was his chance to escape. Robert steered the ship into the open water. He could see the nearby forts of the Southern Army and their cannons ready to fire. The Southern soldiers would capture Robert if they could. Could he sail across hidden by the darkness of night? Could he pass by in disguise?
Download or read book Robert Smalls Sails to Freedom On My Own History written by and published by . This book was released on 2006 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Quickly and quietly, Robert Smalls headed the ship out of the Charleston Harbor. Across the wide river was the Northern Army and freedom for slaves like him. On Robert's side of the river was the Southern Army and Robert's master. Robert knew his master would never give him freedom. Now was his chance to escape. Robert steered the ship into the open water. He could see the nearby forts of the Southern Army and their cannons ready to fire. The Southern soldiers would capture Robert if they could. Could he sail across hidden by the darkness of night? Could he pass by in disguise?
Download or read book The Freedom Ship of Robert Smalls written by Louise Meriwether and published by Young Palmetto Books. This book was released on 2018 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The true story of an enslaved African American man who escaped to freedom and became a military and political leader Robert Smalls, born a slave in 1839 in Beaufort, South Carolina, gained fame as an African American hero of the American Civil War. The Freedom Ship of Robert Smalls tells the inspirational story of Small's life as a slave, his boyhood dream of freedom, and his bold and daring plan as a young man to commandeer a Confederate gunboat from Charleston Harbor and escape with fifteen fellow slaves and family members. Smalls joined the Union Navy and rose to the rank of captain and became the first African American to command a U.S. service ship. After the war Smalls returned to Beaufort, bought the home of his former master, and began a long career in state and national politics. This new edition of The Freedom Ship of Robert Smalls, originally published in 1971, features Louise Meriwether's original narrative, now illustrated by the colorful paintings of renowned Southern artist Jonathan Green.
Download or read book Seven Miles to Freedom written by Janet Halfmann and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Growing up a slave in South Carolina, Robert Smalls always dreamed of the moment freedom would be within his grasp. Now that moment was here.Robert stood proudly at the Planter's wheel. Only seven miles of water lay between the ship and the chance of freedom in Union territory. With precision and amazing courage, he navigated past the Confederate forts in the harbor and steered the ship toward the safety of the Union fleet. Just one miscalculation would be deadly, but for Robert, his family, and his crewmates, the risk was worth taking.Seven Miles to Freedomis the compelling account of the daring escape of Robert Smalls, a slave steamboat wheelman who became one of the Civil War's greatest heroes. His steadfast courage in the face of adversity is an inspiring model for all who attempt to overcome seemingly insurmountable challenges.
Download or read book Escape of the Planter written by Alan Nafzger and published by . This book was released on 2016-12-28 with total page 135 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Revenge done right. Robert Smalls was a slave during the Civil War. He stole a Confederate ship, steered it to freedom, and gave it to the Union. After the war, he bought his former master's house and became a congressman.
Download or read book Captain of the Planter written by Dorothy Sterling and published by . This book was released on 1958 with total page 286 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Robert Smalls, born a slave in Beaufort, South Carolina, grew up to become the best pilot in Charleston until Fort Sumter fell. Then he decided to take the paddle-wheel steamer, the "Planter," over to the Northern forces and free himself and his family. Thereafter he became a man who fought for freedom in the United States Army, and later went to Congress and worked through the hopes and disillusionment of Reconstruction. (Publisher).
Download or read book The Escape of Robert Smalls written by Jehan Jones-Radgowski and published by Capstone Editions. This book was released on 2019 with total page 41 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the midst of the bloody U.S. Civil War, an enslaved man named Robert Smalls carried out a dangerous plan. Smalls secretly took control of a Confederate steamboat, the Planter, and sailed the ship toward a Union fleet. A little known story of courage, hope, and peril during the Civil War, this true account celebrates an unsung American hero.
Download or read book Robert Smalls written by Joe Biel and published by Microcosm Publishing, LLC. This book was released on 2020-12-12 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: During the Civil War, the enslaved Black crew of a Confederate ship was left to sleep on board overnight. Following a carefully laid plan, they picked up their families and sailed behind Union lines under a white flag, winning their freedom and capturing the ship for the north. Robert Smalls was their daring, 23-year-old leader. He went on to have a long, celebrated career as a soldier, businessman, investor, and politician, including five terms in congress. This is the story of a brilliant man who bucked the system and gained power not just for himself, but for his entire community.
Download or read book The Girl Who Struck Out Babe Ruth written by Jean L. S. Patrick and published by First Avenue Editions. This book was released on 2000-01-01 with total page 52 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A retelling of the day Jackie Mitchell, a seventeen-year-old female professional baseball player, struck out the New York Yankees' best hitters, Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig, in an exhibition game in 1931.
Download or read book Prisoner for Liberty written by Marty Rhodes Figley and published by First Avenue Editions. This book was released on 2009-01-01 with total page 52 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Brief biography of James Forten, an African American boy who participated in the Revolutionary War and was captured by the British.
Download or read book Sam Collier and the Founding of Jamestown written by Candice F. Ransom and published by First Avenue Editions. This book was released on 2006-10-31 with total page 52 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Introduces life in colonial Jamestown, Virginia, as seen through the eyes of Sam Collier, John Smith's page, who works hard while wondering if he has the strength to survive in the New World.
Download or read book Many Ways to Be a Soldier written by Wendy Pfeffer and published by First Avenue Editions. This book was released on 2009-01-01 with total page 52 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Based on true accounts of the Revolutionary War, this story chronicles ten-year-old Rem Goldin's heroic actions in helping to repel the landing of British soldiers at Stites Point, New Jersey, in 1776.
Download or read book An American Army of Two written by Janet Greeson and published by First Avenue Editions. This book was released on 1991-11-01 with total page 52 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: During the War of 1812, Rebecca and Abigail Bates save their town's ships from the British by playing "Yankee Doodle" on a fife and drum to simulate the approach of American troops.
Download or read book Robert F Kennedy Jr s American Heroes Robert Smalls written by Robert F. Kennedy and published by . This book was released on 2011-02 with total page 48 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1862, a group of slaves stole one of the Confederacy¿s most crucial gunships from its wharf in Charleston and delivered it to the Federal Navy. This escape, masterminded by a 24-year-old black sailor named Robert Smalls, exploded the Confederate claim that Southern slaves did not crave freedom or have the ability to take action. A brilliant military strategist, Smalls was promoted to the rank of captain in the Federal Navy, where he served in many battles. His eloquent appeal to Lincoln convinced the Pres. to enlist 5,000 former slaves in the Union armed forces, shattering the color barrier that had kept black men out. His fame inspired the public support that encouraged Lincoln to issue the Emancipation Proclamation. Full-color illus. Reinforced binding.
Download or read book The Schoolchildren s Blizzard written by Marty Rhodes Figley and published by First Avenue Editions. This book was released on 2004-01-01 with total page 52 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1888, Sarah, her younger sister Annie, and their classmates survive a sudden Nebraska blizzard because of the actions of their schoolteacher. Based on the true story of schoolteacher Minnie Freeman.
Download or read book Kate Shelley and the Midnight Express written by Margaret K. Wetterer and published by First Avenue Editions. This book was released on 1991-07-01 with total page 52 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Fifteen-year-old Kate risks her life in a storm to prevent a train disaster.
Download or read book Saving the Liberty Bell written by Marty Rhodes Figley and published by First Avenue Editions. This book was released on 2004-08 with total page 52 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Recounts how Johnny Mickley, an eleven-year-old boy, helped his father to keep the Liberty Bell safe from the British during the Revolutionary War.
