Escape of Robert Smalls : a daring voyage out of slavery by Jones-Radgowski, Jehan 

BTSB Prebound(Capstone Editions, 2019)

BTSB #: 581258 Available

Dewey: 973.8092/BAges: 6-9   
AR: 4.8 MG Lexile: 740

Genres:

Subjects: Smalls, Robert,|d1839-1915 Slaves - South Carolina - Biography Escapes - South Carolina African Americans - South Carolina - Biography African American sailors - Biography United States - History|y1861-1865, Civil War - Biography United States - History|y1861-1865, Civil War - African American participation

Summary: During the Civil War, an enslaved man pretending to be the captain of a Confederate steamship escaped to the North on a stolen boat with 15 other slaves.

Robert Smalls [Tales Of The Talented Tenth Volume: 3]by Gill, Joel Christian 

Paperback(Chicago Review Press, 2021)

BTSB #: 379362 Available

Dewey: 741.5/NAges: 12-16   
Lexile: 290 HL

Genres:

Subjects: Smalls, Robert,|d1839-1915 - Comic books, strips, etc Planter (Steamship) United States.|bCongress.|bHouse - Biography African Americans - South Carolina - Biography Slaves - South Carolina - Biography Ship captains - United States - Biography United States - History|y1861-1865, Civil War - Biography Beaufort (S.C.) - Biography

Summary: Tells the true story of the enslaved African who pulled off one of the most daring and largest heists of the Civil War. Come along for the adventure as Robert earns a job working for the C.S.S. Planter, escapes to freedom, goes on to become a first-generation Black politician, and makes history by writing and leading the passage of legislation that led to the United States' first free and compulsory public school system. In graphic novel format.