Planter (Ship)
Whaling vessel, out of Nantucket, Mass., on a voyage (1837-1841) mastered by Eben M. Hinckley; owner: William B. Coffin.
From the description of Accounts, 1839-1840. (Nantucket Hist Association). WorldCat record id: 71013672
Charleston, South Carolina steamship owned by John Ferguson. The Planter was built in Charleston in 1860, and served as an armed dispatch boat and transport attached to the engineer department at Charleston under Brig. Gen. Roswell Sabine Ripley of the Confederate States of America Army. On May 12th, 1862, while her captain Charles J. Relyea was ashore, the vessel was commandeered by Robert Smalls, a slave who was the Planter's pilot. He delivered the ship to the Union fleet blockading Charleston Harbor. Smalls later became a U.S. Representative from South Carolina.
From the description of Records of the steamship Planter, 1861-1862. (The South Carolina Historical Society). WorldCat record id: 32139171
| Role | Title | Holding Repository | |
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| referencedIn | Unknown. Newsclips: Whaling and Stories from the Sea, 1903-1937. | Peabody Essex Museum | |
| creatorOf | Planter (Ship). Records of the steamship Planter, 1861-1862. | South Carolina Historical Society | |
| creatorOf | Planter (Ship). Accounts, 1839-1840. | Nantucket Hist Association | |
| referencedIn | Coffin, Gilbert, 1759-1843. Ledger "A", 1809-1827. | Nantucket Hist Association | |
| creatorOf | Young Hero (Ship). Log/journal, 1846-1861. | Nantucket Hist Association |
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| associatedWith | Coffin, Gilbert, 1759-1843. | person |
| associatedWith | Coffin, William B. | person |
| associatedWith | Confederate States of America. Army | corporateBody |
| associatedWith | Ferguson, John, fl. 1861. | person |
| associatedWith | Hinckley, Eben M. | person |
| associatedWith | Jones, Joseph, whaler. | person |
| associatedWith | Relyea, Charles J. | person |
| associatedWith | Smalls, Robert, 1839-1915. | person |
| associatedWith | Unknown. | family |
| associatedWith | Young Hero (Ship) | corporateBody |
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| United States | |||
| Massachusetts--Nantucket | |||
| South Carolina--Charleston | |||
| Charleston (S.C.) | |||
| South Carolina |
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| African Americans |
| Ship's papers |
| Slaves |
| Steamboats |
| Whaling |
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Active 1846
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