The impressive amount of detail Miller provides on the life and times of Robert Smalls is, to date, unparalleled and provides the reader with a very comprehensive understanding of the man, the world in which he and his fellow African Americans lived, his struggles and his triumphs. A biography of this quality on such a remarkable man was long overdue and it is a valuable contribution to political, African American and Civil War history. Escape of the Planter and War Service.

This book by Edward A. Miller, J. chronicles the life and times of former South Carolina slave Robert Smalls from his birth on April 5, 1839 . Gullah Statesman provides cursory examination of Smalls parentage and family life. chronicles the life and times of former South Carolina slave Robert Smalls from his birth on April 5, 1839 until his death on February 23, 1915. Smalls's initial rise to fame stemmed from his successful commandeering and piloting of the Confederate ship Planter out of Charleston Harbor and turning the ship and supplies over to the Union forces in 1862. He would make the best of this event throughout his career  .

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FREE shipping on qualifying offers. A native of Beaufort, South Carolina, Robert Smalls was born into slavery but-through acts of remarkable courage and the first African American hero of the Civil War and one of the most influential African American politicians in South Carolina history. In this largely political biography of Smalls's inspirational story.

A native of Beaufort, South Carolina, Robert Smalls was born into slavery but-through acts of remarkable courage and the first African American hero of the Civil War and one of the most influential African American politicians in South Carolina history.

Back in Print Gullah Statesman Robert Smalls from Slavery to Congress, 1829–1915 Edward A. Miller, Jr. In 1862 Robert Smalls and his slave crew commandeered the Confederate vessel Planter, sailed it from Charleston harbor, and delivered it to the Union blockade

Back in Print Gullah Statesman Robert Smalls from Slavery to Congress, 1829–1915 Edward A. In 1862 Robert Smalls and his slave crew commandeered the Confederate vessel Planter, sailed it from Charleston harbor, and delivered it to the Union blockade. He was subsequently appointed captain in the Union army and participated in military campaigns along the South Carolina coast. These military achievements were parlayed into post–Civil War leadership; Gullah Statesman traces Smalls’s rise and decline as a South Carolina political leader.

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Robert Smalls was born in Beaufort, South Carolina, on April 5, 1839 and worked as a house slave until the .

Robert Smalls was born in Beaufort, South Carolina, on April 5, 1839 and worked as a house slave until the age of 12. At that point his owner, John K. McKee, sent him to Charleston to work as a waiter, ship rigger, and sailor, with all earnings going to McKee.

Miller, Edward . Jr. Gullah Statesman: Robert Smalls from Slavery to Congress, 1839-1915. Columbia: University of South Carolina Press, 1995. Robert Smalls in Black Americans in Congress, 1870-2007. Prepared under the direction of the Committee on House Administration by the Office of History & Preservation, . House of Representatives. Washington: Government Printing Office, 2008. Judd & Detweiler, printers,

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