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The escape of Robert Smalls : a daring voyage out of slavery / by Jehan Jones-Radgowski ; illustrated by Poppy Kang.

Author: Jones-Radgowski, Jehan, author.

ImprintNorth Mankato, Minnesota : Capstone Editions, a Capstone imprint, [2019]

Description1 volume (unpaged) : illustrations ; 29 cm

Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographical references.

Note:"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." -- Dust jacket.



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Author:
Jones-Radgowski, Jehan, author.
Subject:
Smalls, Robert, 1839-1915.
Subject:
Enslaved persons -- South Carolina -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
Escapes -- South Carolina -- Juvenile literature.
African Americans -- South Carolina -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
African American sailors -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Participation, African American -- Juvenile literature.
Index Term - Genre/Form
Picture books.
Biographies.
Contributor
Kang, Poppy, illustrator.