This is my first graphic novel. As part of my Unsung Superheroes project, I am creating a graphic novel about Robert Smalls - the real-life historical figure who was born into slavery in Beaufort, S.C.
In 1862, he stole a Confederate steamship and sailed himself, his family, and several others to freedom where he then embarked on a wholly remarkable life, fighting in the Civil War, promoting civil freedoms for black people, buying the house he had been enslaved in, serving five terms in Congress where he worked tirelessly to improve life for all Americans regardless of colour.
If that doesn't make you want to read his story, I don't know what will!