Based on a true story:

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May 1862

It’s the height of the Civil War. 

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He wants to escape from slavery, but not without his wife Hannah, their children, and nine of their friends. 

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It means sailing through the dark of night through a mine-ridden harbor past five Confederate checkpoints. 

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And if this doesn’t work, he’ll have to blow up the whole gunboat with everyone still on board. 

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This is the story of Robert Smalls

Hannah’s Civil Pirate