On the night of May 13, 1862, as the Civil War raged on in the United States, sixteen enslaved people decided they would reach freedom or die trying. Filled to the brim with suspense, this true story details how Robert Smalls commandeered a confederate ship through the Charleston harbor toward the Union blockade and liberation.

Experience both determination and triumph with this picture book written by Robert Small's great-great-grandson, Michael Boulware Moore, with illustrations by the award-winning artist Bryan Collier.