File:18630721 To Colored Men! Freedom, Protection, Pay, and a Call to Military Duty! - U.S. National Archives.jpg

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English: Recruitment poster for recently freed slaves to fight for the Union Army in the U.S. Civil War
  • U.S. National Archives source states: "This poster was used to recruit recently freed slaves to fight in the Civil War for the Union Army. The men were recruited for military duty with the promise of freedom, protection and pay."

Rediscovery #: 07231

Job A1 09-069 Civil War
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Author United States Government

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Recruitment poster for recently freed slaves to fight for the Union Army in the U.S. Civil War

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inception

21 July 1863Gregorian

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0a556b85618956eb7ee0b97231b49879195eb11a

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2,113 pixel

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