Men of Color Civil War Recruitment Broadside 1863

A printed broadside recruiting men of color to enlist in the U.S. military after the in 1863. The broadside was written by, signed by Douglass along with 54 leaders in the Philadelphia African American community, and published in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Signers were: Robert M. Adger, Rev. W.J. Alston, P.J. Armstrong, Rev. J. Asher, Ebenezer Black, Rev. J. Boulden, Thomas J. Bowers, Rev. J.P. Campbell, J.W. Cassey, Rev. Wm. T. Catto, I.D. Cliff, Daniel Colley, Henry M. Cropper, Elijah J. Davis, N.W. Depee, Augustus Dorsey, Thomas. J. Dorsey, Daniel George, Rev. J.C. Gibbs, Wm. E. Gipson, Jesse E. Glasgow, Jameso R. Gordon, A.M. Green, Morris Hall, J.P. Johnson, Robert Jones, Henry Minton, James Needham, J.W. Page, John W. Price, Rev. J.B. Reeve, L.R. Seymour, J.W. Simpson, S. Morgan Smith, Rev. Stephen Smith, Rev. A.L. Stanford, Samuel Stewart, Rev. J B Trusty, D.D. Turner, Franklin Turner, Rev. J. Underdue, Rev. Elisha Weaver, Jacob C. White, J.C. White, Jr., Rev. J.A. Williams, Dr. J.H. Wilson

Date

1863

Photographer / author

Frederick Douglass

Archive

Wikimedia Commons

Type

poster

Original size

1,676 × 2,460 pixels

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