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Broadside for "Men of Color" Recruitment

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@ National Museum of African American History and Culture

Description

Large three-sheet broadside promoting "Men of Color" to enlist in the Army; text printed in relief with carved wood type and cast letterpress/metal type. Text reads "MEN OF COLOR To Arms! To Arms!"Transcribed by digital volunteers
Format:
Printing Ink On Rag Paper
Rights:
Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
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Record Contributed By

National Museum of African American History and Culture

Record Harvested From

Smithsonian Institution

Keywords

  1. African American
  2. African Americans
  3. Civil War
  4. Douglass, Frederick
  5. Military
  6. U.S. History, Civil War, 1861 1865
  7. United States
  8. United States Colored Troops

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