Men of Color To Arms! To Arms!, broadside by Frederick Douglass, Philadelphia, 1863.
African-Americans played a crucial role in the Union war effort during the American Civil War; in fact, 10 percent of all Union forces were Black (186,000 army and 29,000 navy). Broadsides like these were part of a larger effort by abolitionists, Union war leaders, and local communities to encourage African-American men to enlist in the Northern army.
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Washington, D.C.
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