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“Despite African Americansâ€� protests, the South Carolina legislature enacted the Black Codes in December.25 The Union had won the war but, to the horror of many, South Carolina and other Southern states were doing their best to reinstate slavery.”
― Cate Lineberry, Be Free or Die: The Amazing Story of Robert Smalls' Escape from Slavery to Union Hero

“When Smalls told his wife, Hannah, his plan to escape, she said, “It is a risk, dear, but you and I, and our little ones must be free. I will go, for where you die, I will die.”
― Cate Lineberry, Be Free or Die: The Amazing Story of Robert Smalls' Escape from Slavery to Union Hero