Douglass, Frederick, 1818-1895 Men of Color: To Arms! Now or Never... [recruitment broadside]
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC10021 Author/Creator: Douglass, Frederick, 1818-1895 Place Written: s.l. Type: Broadside Date: 1863 Pagination: 1 print : framed Height: 137 cm, Width: 102 cm Order a Copy PDF Download(s): PDF copy
One broadside entitled Men of Color: To Arms! Now or Never. dated 1863. Dramatic oversize recruitment broadside appealing to free African-Americans to enlist for three years. The broadside asks "Are freemen less brave than slaves[?]" Subscribed in type by Douglass and fifty-four other African-American leaders, including William Forten, Rev. William T. Catto, Rev. Stephen Smith, Rev. J.C. Gibbs, and many others. Per David Blight letter, it appeared Spring 1863. (This broadside reprints a Douglass editorial.)
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