Captain of the Planter
Subtitle: the story of Robert Smalls.
By: Illustrated by Ernest Crichlow.
Edition: [1st ed.]
Publisher: Doubleday
Published: 1958
Place of publication: Garden City, N.Y
Language: eng
Number of pages: 264
Subjects: Smalls, Robert, 1839-1915
Description: 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).
Notes: Includes bibliography.