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Captain of the Planter : the story of Robert Smalls by Ernest Crichlow is a book available to read on EtoBox.

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264 pages : 22 cm 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) Includes bibliographical references

Author

Ernest Crichlow

Publisher

Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday

Published

1958

Language

EN

Subjects

Memoir, History, Biography

Updated

2026-03-24