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Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.'s American Heroes
Hyperion
October 2008
On Sale: September 30, 2008
Featuring: Robert Smalls
48 pages
ISBN: 1423108027
EAN: 9781423108023
Hardcover
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On a moonlit night in the spring of 1862, six slaves stole
one of the Confederacy's most crucial gunships from its
wharf in the South Carolina port of Charleston, and
delivered it to the Federal Navy. This audacious and
intricately coordinated escape, masterminded by a
24-year-old sailor named Robert Smalls, astonished the world
and exploded the Confederate claim that Southern slaves did
not crave freedom or have the ability to take decisive
action. Robert Smalls's heroic career had only begun. A brilliant sailor and strategist, he was quickly promoted
to the rank of captain in the Federal Navy where he served
courageously in many critical battles. Not only was Smalls a
great soldier, he was also a powerful activist, whose appeal
to Abraham Lincoln convinced the president to enlist 5,000
former slaves, shattering the color barrier that had kept
black men out of the service. Smalls drew great crowds as an
eloquent public speaker, and his outstanding character
inspired the broad public support that encouraged Lincoln to
ratify the Emancipation Proclamation. Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. tells the story of another great
American hero, a man who did not flinch in the face of
extraordinary dangers--a man whose dedication to the cause
of freedom made him one the most important participants in
the American Civil War.
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