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Sailing to freedom

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Like many slaves, Robert Smalls was forced to fight for the Confederate Navy during the American Civil War.

One night, Robert and his crew of fellow slaves aboard the ship, the Planter, decided to steal the ship and head for the safety - and freedom - of Union waters only seven miles away.

Would they make it to freedom, or would they be captured and face certain death?

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Raintree
1474745911 / 9781474745918
Paperback / softback
428.6
25/08/2017
United Kingdom
English
64 pages : illustrations (black and white, and colour)
23 cm
Primary Learn More
Quiz No: 232735, Points 1.00, Book Level 5.90,
Middle Years - Key Stage 2 Learn More
"Fluent, Level 35, Non-fiction"--Back cover "Book band level: Dark red"--Back cover. Text on inside covers.