General Washington and General Jackson, on Negro Soldiers

by Andrew Jackson

$225 · Offered by James Arsenault & Company

Philadelphia: Henry Carey Baird, 1863. 12mo 21.5 cm , self-wrappers. 8 pp. A pamphlet advocating for the enlistment of African-Americans in the Union army during the Civil War, citing historical precedent and addressing the bias against their service.This pamphlet opens urgently with the following pronouncement: “We are in the midst of a great war for the existence of free institutions. No one can

• Binding: Wrappers

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