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Trouble the water, a novel, Rebecca Dwight Bruff

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Trouble the water, a novel, Rebecca Dwight Bruff

Language

eng

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no index present

Literary Form

fiction

Main title

Trouble the water

Responsibility statement

Rebecca Dwight Bruff

Sub title

a novel

Summary

Inspired by the life and legacy of Robert Smalls, the first black Civil War hero, Trouble the Water explores family, faith and freedom. Born enslaved in South Carolina, Smalls witnesses great privilege and immense suffering alongside his owner's daughter and the dangerous son of a firebrand secessionist. When he's only twelve, he's put to work in Charleston, where he loads ships and learns to pilot a cotton steamer. When the war erupts and his cotton steamer becomes a confederate warship, Robert seizes the opportunity to attempt a daring escape from slavery and pursue freedom for himself and the people he loves

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