Robert Smalls, the story of his escape from slavery
“One night when the officers are on shore, we’re going to take the boat, put you and the children aborard and sail it out to the bar. With my wearing Captain Re...
“One night when the officers are on shore, we’re going to take the boat, put you and the children aborard and sail it out to the bar. With my wearing Captain Re...
“She always came in the winter, when the nights are long and dark, and people who have homes stay in them. Once she had made contact with escaping slaves,...
“I had crossed the line of which I had so long been dreaming. I was free; but there was no one to welcome me to the land of freedom, I was a stranger in a...
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