Yearning to breathe free : Robert Smalls of South Carolina and his families
Robert Smalls, son of Lydia Polite, was born 5 April 1839 in Beaufort, South Carolina. He and his mother were slaves of Henry McKee. He married Hannah Jones (1826-1883) in Charleston, South Carolina in 1858
Print Book, English, ©2007
University of South Carolina Press, Columbia, ©2007
Biography
xxvi, 253 pages, 24 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm
9781570036866, 1570036861
77573781
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?