Location: Zoom Virtual Lecture
Time: 7 pm - 8:30 pm
• Robert Smalls’ life was one of accomplishment. Starting enslaved, then American politician, publisher, businessman and maritime pilot.
• Hear the thrilling tale of how Smalls freed himself, his crew, and their families during the American Civil War by commandeering a Confederate ship and sailing it from Confederate-controlled waters to freedom.
Presenter: Author and screenwriter Robert Blake Whitehill
Registration Required.
- Upon registration, you will receive two emails: one confirmation email with your receipt and the link to join the Zoom lecture and one e-ticket email.
Cost: $10 admission fee. FREE for AMM Members First Mate and above ($150). Please contact Lizzie Spokely about your membership code to access the free lecture.
This lecture will be offered virtually by Zoom, an online video conferencing platform. Upon registration, you will be sent the link for the video conference to join on the evening of the lecture. If you do not receive your confirmation email after you register, please check your Spam folder, or email Lizzie Spokely at lspokely@amaritime.org. To learn more about Zoom and to download the app to your computer, visit the Zoom website.
About the Presenter:
Maryland Eastern Shore native, and former tender of the Old Severn River Bridge, Robert Blake Whitehill is an award-winning author of the Chesapeake-based Ben Blackshaw Thriller Series, with a Book of the Month win from Conversations Book Club for the series opener, Deadrise. A highly-rated TV writer for Discovery true crime programs, Whitehill also has screenwriting wins at the Hamptons International Film Festival, the Hudson Valley Film Festival, and the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation. Ben Blackshaw titles Deadrise, Nitro Express, and Tap Rack Bang are all in development as feature scripts with Calaveras Media with Whitehill adapting the screenplays. Deadrise and Nitro Express and Tap Rack Bang are International Top Ten Kindle Bestsellers in German. His biopic, Defiant, about the daring escape and audacious life of Robert Smalls, is in development with Legion M (Colossal, with Anne Hathaway and Jason Sudeikis, and Mandy with Nicholas Cage), and The Wolper Organization (Roots).