Historical Newspaper: The Running Off of the Steamer Planter from Charleston
Subject
Robert Smalls
Title
Historical Newspaper: The Running Off of the Steamer Planter from Charleston
Date
10/08/1862
Type
Historical Newspaper
Description
Note: See red highlight or 6th column, 6th paragraph.
Chronicling America presents a October 8, 1862 article from the Yorkville Enquirer (SC), by an unknown writer, that provides an account of the events that took place during a Freedmen's Society meeting in New York the previous week. Robert Smalls - the once enslaved man who seized a Confederate gunboat in Charleston, SC to secure his and his family's freedom - spoke at the meeting about his escape. The short article presents Smalls' alleged comments about how he conceived of the idea and the details of the actual escape.
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Chronicling America presents a October 8, 1862 article from the Yorkville Enquirer (SC), by an unknown writer, that provides an account of the events that took place during a Freedmen's Society meeting in New York the previous week. Robert Smalls - the once enslaved man who seized a Confederate gunboat in Charleston, SC to secure his and his family's freedom - spoke at the meeting about his escape. The short article presents Smalls' alleged comments about how he conceived of the idea and the details of the actual escape.
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Publisher
Library of Congress - Chronicling History (Edgefield Advertiser, SC)
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“Historical Newspaper: The Running Off of the Steamer Planter from Charleston,” Project Reconstruction, accessed May 6, 2024, https://projectreconstructionus.com/items/show/142.