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

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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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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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current04:29, 26 April 2021Thumbnail for version as of 04:29, 26 April 20212,113 × 3,048 (597 KB)RCraig09 (talk | contribs)Version 2: reduced file size at tinyjpg.com
18:48, 19 June 2020Thumbnail for version as of 18:48, 19 June 20202,222 × 3,150 (1.28 MB)RCraig09 (talk | contribs)Uploaded a work by United States Government from * U.S. National Archives: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/1497351 * Direct link to image: https://i1.wp.com/prologue.blogs.archives.gov/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/07231_2009_001_pr.jpg * Archive of direct link to image: https://web.archive.org/web/20200619183658/https://i1.wp.com/prologue.blogs.archives.gov/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/07231_2009_001_pr.jpg with UploadWizard

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