Robert Smalls (Tales of the Talented Tenth, no. 3) by Joel Christian Gill

"Joel Christian Gills shows how ordinary people fight for our collective liberation and whose stories are not often at the forefront of our historical consciousness.” —Ibram X. Kendi, author of How to Be an Antiracist

Do you know the story of the slave who sailed himself to freedom? For the third book in the bestselling Tales of the Talented Tenth series, Joel Christian Gill brings Robert Smalls to life by telling 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.

Tales of the Talented Tenth is a historical comic series that focuses on the adventures of amazing African Americans in action.

Published ‏ : ‎ May 3, 2021

Language ‏ : ‎ English

Paperback ‏ : ‎ 128 pages

Reading age ‏ : ‎ 12 years and up

Lexile measure ‏ : ‎ HL290L

Grade level ‏ : ‎ 7 - 12