A young Slave, yearning for freedom, struggles to survive in Charleston on the dawn of the Civil War, until that one Historic day when he steals a Confederate gunship and sails the crew and their families to freedom.

SYNOPSIS:

A Southern Gentleman tells the tale of Robert Smalls from their first encounter on the docks of Charleston until their reunion for the flag raising ceremony at Fort Sumter at the end of the Civil War.

QUEST FOR FREEDOM - MY MEMORIES OF ROBERT SMALLS