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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC08358 |
| From Archive Folder | Documents Relating to the 1860s |
| Title | Emancipation in Maryland |
| Date | 1 November 1864 |
| Author | Boker, George Henry (1823-1890) |
| Document Type | Broadside |
| Content Description | "God save the republic. Never in field or tent scorn a black regiment." Issued "in commemoration of emancipation in Maryland." With George Boker's Poem 'The Black Regiment', and vignettes of colored troops in battle, slaves on the auction block, quotes from J. Q. Adams, Andrew Johnson, The Bible, Jefferson, Washington, P. Henry, Jackson, etc. Published in Philadelphia: Rigwalt and Brown |
| Subjects | Civil War Military History Union Forces African American Troops African American History Emancipation Proclamation Emancipation Slavery Slave Sale Recruitment Poetry President Religion |
| People | Boker, George Henry (1823-1890) Lincoln, Abraham (1809-1865) |
| Place written | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
| Theme | The American Civil War; African Americans; Government & Politics; Slavery & Abolition; Arts & Literature; Religion; The Presidency |
| Sub-collection | The Gilder Lehrman Collection, 1860-1945 |
| Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
| Module | Civil War, Reconstruction and the Modern Era: 1860-1945 |