Former slave piloted Planter to freedom
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–May 13, 2014.
Planter at Georgetown, South Carolina. (Credit: Naval History and Heritage Command)
NOAA announced today it has determined the probable location of the remains of the Civil War-era sidewheel steamer Planter, which gained national fame in 1862 when a group of enslaved African Americans commandeered the Confederate Navy transport ship in a daring escape to freedom.
The announcement was made in Charleston, South Carolina, where NOAA’s
