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Author Lineberry, Cate, author.

Title Be free or die : the amazing story of Robert Smalls' escape from slavery to Union hero / Cate Lineberry.

Publication Info. New York, NY : St. Martin's Press, 2017.
©2017

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Location Call No. Status
 Avon Free Public Library - Adult Department  92 SMALLS    Check Shelf
 Berlin-Peck Memorial Library - Biographies  92 BIOGRAPHY SMALLS    Check Shelf
 Bristol, Main Library - Non Fiction  B SMALLS, ROBERT    Check Shelf
 Cheshire Public Library - Adult Department Lower Level  BIOGRAPHY SMALLS    Check Shelf
 Enfield, Main Library - Biographies  B SMALLS    Check Shelf
 Glastonbury, Welles-Turner Memorial Library - Adult Department  BIO SMALLS    Check Shelf
 Manchester, Main Library - Non Fiction  B SMALLS, ROBERT    Check Shelf
 Mansfield, Main Library - Adult Biography  B SMALLS    Missing
 Middletown, Russell Library - Adult Nonfiction  973.8092 LIN    Check Shelf
 New Britain, Main Library - Non Fiction  92 SMALLS, ROB    Check Shelf

Edition First edition.
Description xiii, 272 pages, [16] unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, map ; 22 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 237-263) and index.
Contents The escape -- South Carolina's son -- In the service of the Confederacy -- Union hero -- Our country calls -- North and south -- The Keokuk -- Captain Smalls -- The City of Brotherly Love -- Triumph and tragedy -- Retaliation and reward -- Epilogue.
Summary Describes the amazing hijacking of a Confederate steamer in 1862 by a 23-year-old slave who avoided the heavily armed troops stationed in Charleston Harbor and delivered the vessel to Union forces, earning his freedom.
Subject Smalls, Robert, 1839-1915.
Planter (Steamship)
United States. Congress. House -- Biography.
African Americans -- Biography.
Ship captains -- United States -- Biography.
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Participation, African American.
African American legislators -- Biography.
Fugitive slaves -- South Carolina -- Beaufort -- Biography.
Beaufort (S.C.) -- Biography.
Genre/Form Biographies.
ISBN 9781250101860 (hardcover)
1250101867 (hardcover)
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