The Slave Who Went To Congress
"In 1870 Benjamin Turner, who spent the first forty years of his life as a slave, was elected to the United States Congress.
FIC
year: 2020
copies: 2
call number/section: FIC
lexile:
subjects: turner, benjamin sterling, united states [X], african americans, politicians, legislators [X], slaves [X], alabama, biographies
The Story Of Civil War Hero Robert Smalls
"The biography of Robert Smalls, a slave steamboat wheelman who navigated past Confederate forts in South Carolina and became one of the Civil War's greatest heroes.
FIC
year: 2020
copies: 1
call number/section: FIC
lexile:
subjects: smalls, robert, planter (steamship), united states [X], african americans, slaves [X], ship captains, african american legislators, legislators [X], united states, beaufort (s.c.), biographies