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010      2017004245 
020    9781250101860 (hardcover) 
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092    BIO|bSMALLS 
100 1  Lineberry, Cate,|eauthor. 
245 10 Be free or die :|bthe amazing story of Robert Smalls' 
       escape from slavery to Union hero /|cCate Lineberry. 
264  1 New York, NY :|bSt. Martin's Press,|c2017. 
300    xiii, 272 pages :|billustrations ;|c22 cm 
336    text|btxt|2rdacontent 
337    unmediated|bn|2rdamedia 
338    volume|bnc|2rdacarrier 
504    Includes bibliographical references (pages 237-263) and 
       index. 
520    Be Free or Die is a compelling narrative that illuminates 
       Robert Smalls’ amazing journey from slave to Union hero 
       and ultimately United States Congressman. It also gives 
       fascinating insight and knowledge into the country's first
       efforts to help newly freed slaves while also illustrating
       the many struggles and achievements of African Americans 
       during the war.  It was a mild May morning in Charleston, 
       South Carolina, in 1862, the second year of the Civil War,
       when a twenty-three-year-old enslaved man named Robert 
       Smalls boldly seized a Confederate steamer. With his wife 
       and two young children hidden on board, Smalls and a small
       crew ran a gauntlet of heavily armed fortifications in 
       Charleston Harbor and delivered the valuable vessel and 
       the massive guns it carried to nearby Union forces. 
       Smalls’ courageous and ingenious act freed him and his 
       family from slavery and immediately made him a Union hero.
       It also challenged much of the country’s view of what 
       African Americans were willing to do for their freedom. 
600 10 Smalls, Robert,|d1839-1915. 
610 10 United States.|bCongress.|bHouse|vBiography. 
610 20 Planter (Steamship)|vBiography. 
650  0 African Americans|vBiography. 
650  0 Ship captains|zUnited States|vBiography. 
650  0 African American legislators|vBiography. 
650  0 Fugitive slaves|zSouth Carolina|zBeaufort|vBiography. 
651  0 United States|xHistory|yCivil War, 1861-1865
       |xParticipation, African American|vBiography. 
651  0 Beaufort (S.C.)|vBiography.