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xxvi, 253 p., [24] p. of plates : 24 cm, Includes bibliographical references (p. [237]-242) and index, 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?

Author

Billingsley, Andrew

Publisher

Columbia : University of South Carolina Press

Published

2007

Language

EN

ISBN

9781643364612

Subjects

Science, Memoir, History