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Broadside for "Men of Color" Recruitment by American Frederick Douglass — VisualArtsDB

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Broadside for "Men of Color" Recruitment

Broadside for "Men of Color" Recruitment

Broadside for "Men of Color" Recruitment

American Frederick Douglass

1860

Medium: printing ink on rag paper
Genre: Broadsides
Museum: National Museum of African American History and Culture

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militaryUnited States Colored TroopsU.S. History, Civil War, 1861-1865

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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!"

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