Steering to Freedom

A troubled country, a courageous heart, and the struggle for freedom. In May 1862, Robert Smalls, a slave and ship''s pilot in Charleston, South Carolina, crafts a daring plan to steal the steamship Planter and deliver it, along with, the crew and their families to the Union blockade. After risking his life to escape slavery, Robert faces an even more difficult challenge: convincing Abraham Lincol...