Title: Robert Smalls
Description: "Robert Smalls was a true American patriot. Despite the burdens America laid upon him, he loved our country. He believed  in the "inherent justice" of American democracy and in the principles espoused in the Declaration of Independence"--Afterword.
Subjects: African American Participation, African Americans, Biography, Fugitive slaves, History, Juvenile literature, Slaves, United States Civil War, 1861-1865, Ship captains, African American legislators, Planter (Steamship), United States. Congress. House, United States
Places: United States
People: Robert Smalls (1839-1915)
Time periods: Civil War, 1861-1865