Men of color. To arms! To arms!
Contributors: Gilder Lehrman Collection (Pierpont Morgan Library); Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History
Publisher: Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History
Published: 2000
Place of publication: New York]
Language: eng
Subjects: African American soldiers; Recruiting; History; African American Participation
Notes: Facsimile of recruitment poster; signed by Frederick Douglass and 54 influential Black Philadelphians; original imprint: Philadelphia : U.S. Steam-Power Book and Job Printing Establishment, Ledger Buildings, Third and Chestnut Streets, [1863]; "This is our golden moment! The government of the United States calls for every able-bodied colored man to enter the army for the three years' service! And join in fighting the battles of liberty and the Union. A new era is open to us ... Fail now, & our race is doomed ... Strike now, and you are henceforth and forever freemen!".

Caption at bottom: "Frederick Douglass, and others. Men of Color. To Arms! To Arms! [recruitment broadside]. Philadelphia, 1863. The Gilder Lehrman Collection, on deposit at the Pierpont Morgan Library. GLC 2752."

Includes attached note: "A keepsake published by The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History on the occasion of the first Frederick Douglass Book Prize awarded by The Gilder Lehrman Center for the Study of Slavery, Resistance, and Abolition at Yale University. February 8, 2000. The Yale Club, New York City."