In the midst of the bloody U.S. Civil War, an enslaved man named Robert Smalls carried out a dangerous plan. Smalls secretly took control of a Confederate steamboat, the Planter, and sailed the ship toward a Union fleet. A little known story of courage, hope, and peril during the Civil War, this true account celebrates an unsung American hero.
Themes
Genres: Non-Fiction
Categories: Biography, Oppression & Resilience
Content: Activism
Settings: Northern America, South Carolina, United States of America
Ethnicity: Unspecified
Gender: Boy/Man
Race/Culture: Black/African/African American, White/European American/Caucasian
Character Prominence: Dominant Main, Secondary