TY - BOOK AU - Billingsley,Andrew TI - Yearning to breathe free: Robert Smalls of South Carolina and his families SN - 9781570036866 (cloth : alk. paper) AV - E 185.97.S6 B55 2007 PY - 2007/// CY - Columbia PB - University of South Carolina Press KW - Smalls, Robert, KW - Small family. KW - Legislators KW - United States KW - Biography KW - African Americans KW - South Carolina KW - History KW - Civil War, 1861-1865 N1 - Includes bibliographical references (p. [237]-242) and index; 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? UR - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip077/2006038875.html ER -