Summary of Cate Lineberry's Be Free or Die

By IRB Media

Please note: This is a companion version & not the original book.

#1 Robert Smalls was a enslaved man who was planning on escaping slavery with his family. He had been planning this for years, and his chance came when he was assigned to the Planter, a Confederate steamer.

#2 The Planter was a coastal steamer used to transport personnel, ordinance, and supplies between various locations in and around the harbor. It was docked at Charleston’s Southern Wharf, near where the Cooper and Ashley rivers converge to form Charleston Harbor.

#3 The Planter was a Confederate steamer that was used to transport supplies and slaves. It was used in an attempt to break the blockade, and it was extremely risky. Smalls had to impersonate the captain and navigate past several heavily armed fortifications without raising an alarm.

#4 The Planter was a Confederate steamer that was built two years earlier. She was made of live oaks and red cedar, and had three decks. The steamer’s navigation was controlled from the pilothouse, and a single large smokestack emerged from the top deck in front of the pilothouse.

• Language: English
• Publisher: IRB Media
• Release date: Apr 15, 2022
• ISBN: 9781669386667

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Insights on Cate Lineberry's Be Free or Die

Contents

Insights from Chapter 1

Insights from Chapter 2

Insights from Chapter 3

Insights from Chapter 4

Insights from Chapter 5

Insights from Chapter 6

Insights from Chapter 7

Insights from Chapter 8

Insights from Chapter 9

Insights from Chapter 10

Insights from Chapter 11

Insights from Chapter 1

#1

Robert Smalls was a enslaved man who was planning on escaping slavery with his family. He had been planning this for years, and his chance came when he was assigned to the Planter, a Confederate steamer.

#2

The Planter was a coastal steamer used to transport personnel, ordinance, and supplies between various locations in and around the harbor. It was docked at Charleston’s Southern Wharf, near where the Cooper and Ashley rivers converge to form Charleston Harbor.

#3

The Planter was a Confederate steamer that was used to transport supplies and slaves. It was used in an attempt to break the blockade, and it was extremely risky. Smalls had to impersonate the captain and navigate past several heavily armed fortifications without raising an alarm.

#4

The Planter was a Confederate steamer that was built two years earlier. She was made of live oaks and red cedar, and had three decks. The steamer’s navigation was controlled from the pilothouse, and a single large smokestack emerged from the top deck in front of the pilothouse.

#5

The Planter was a ship that Ferguson leased to the Confederacy for $125 per day. The crew's duties included carrying supplies, weapons, men, and dispatches around the harbor and the surrounding area for the Confederate cause.

#6

Smalls’s plan was to steam the Planter through the harbor undetected. He knew that his skin color would make this extremely difficult, but he had to try. He could not operate the large steamer on his own, and he could not take the vessel using other men and keep