Title |
Date Created |
Description |
Subject |
Collection |
An Address to the People of the Free States by the President of the Southern Confederacy, January 5, 1863 |
1863-01-05 |
A flyer from Jefferson Davis, President of the Southern Confederacy, addressing abolitionists, non-slave holding states, and the Southern Confederacy about the freedom of slaves. Written in Richmond, Virginia on January 5, 1863. |
Abolitionists, African American men, Slavery, American Civil War (United States : 1861-1865) |
Henry P. Slaughter Collection |
Abraham Lincoln's Gettysburg Address, 1863 |
1863 |
A printed document of Abraham Lincoln's Gettysburg Address from November 19, 1863. |
Speeches, Slavery, Abolitionists, American Civil War (United States : 1861-1865) |
Henry P. Slaughter Collection |
All Slaves Were Made Freeman by Abraham Lincoln, Original Version of the John Brown Song, 1863 |
1863 |
A flyer calling for freed black men to join the United States army. Includes the original version of the John Brown song and a political cartoon. 2 pages. |
African American men, Abolitionists, Political cartoons, Slavery, American Civil War (United States : 1861-1865) |
Henry P. Slaughter Collection |
"Men of Color, to Arms! Now or Never!" Flyer, circa 1863 |
1858/1868 |
A flyer calling for all men of color to enlist in the army for three years' service. |
Slavery, African American men, Abolitionists, American Civil War (United States : 1861-1865) |
Henry P. Slaughter Collection |