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Description

1. xxvi, 253 p., [24] p. of plates : ill.; 24 cm.

Subject

1. Small family
2. United States > History > Civil War, 1861-1865 > Biography
3. Legislators > United States > Biography
4. African Americans > South Carolina > Biography
5. Smalls, Robert, 1839-1915 > Family

Contents

1. 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?

Call number

1. Sc E 07-626

Bibliography (note)

1. Includes bibliographical references (p. [237]-242) and index.

Author

1. Billingsley, Andrew.

Title

1. Yearning to breathe free : Robert Smalls of South Carolina and his families / Andrew Billingsley ; foreword by James E. Clyburn.

Imprint

1. Columbia : University of South Carolina Press, c2007.

Bibliography

1. Includes bibliographical references (p. [237]-242) and index.

Connect to:

1. Table of contents only

LCCN

1. 2006038875

ISBN

1. 9781570036866 (cloth : alk. paper)
2. 1570036861 (cloth : alk. paper)

Research call number

1. Sc E 07-626