Yearning to breathe free : Robert Smalls of South Carolina and his families / Andrew Billingsley ; foreword by James E. Clyburn.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Billingsley, Andrew.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Smalls, Robert, 1839-1915.

Smalls, Robert.

Legislators--United States--Biography.

Legislators.

Families.

African Americans.

United States.

South Carolina.

United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Biography.

History.

African Americans--South Carolina--Biography.

Smalls, Robert, 1839-1915--Family.

Small family.

Genre:

Biographies.

Physical Description:

xxvi, 253 pages, 24 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Columbia : University of South Carolina Press, [2007]

Summary:

Slave, boat pilot, businessman, statesman, U.S. Congressman--Robert Smalls played many roles en route to becoming an American icon. In the first biography of Smalls, sociologist Billingsley explores the life of an enduring legend.

Contents:

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?

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [237]-242) and index.

ISBN:

9781570036866

1570036861

OCLC:

77573781