RE: Events that Led to the Civil War: Slavery as an Economic Engine Not a Moal Isssue
June 22, 2015 at 10:43 pm
(This post was last modified: June 22, 2015 at 10:48 pm by Minimalist.)
Union recruiting posters from 1861:
![[Image: cw0018_enlarge.jpg]](https://images.weserv.nl/?url=www.loc.gov%2Fexhibits%2Fcivil-war-in-america%2Fapril-1861-april-1862%2FAssets%2Fcw0018_enlarge.jpg)
![[Image: e0069.jpg]](https://images.weserv.nl/?url=cowansauctions.com%2FitemImages%2Fe0069.jpg)
![[Image: 6704.JPG]](https://www.mainememory.net/media/images/625/75/6704.JPG)
But, what has to be the most ironic of them all is this poster for the 54th Massachusetts Regiment.
http://www.masshist.org/database/viewer....arge#page1
They wouldn't even talk about fighting slavery to black troops.
![[Image: cw0018_enlarge.jpg]](https://images.weserv.nl/?url=www.loc.gov%2Fexhibits%2Fcivil-war-in-america%2Fapril-1861-april-1862%2FAssets%2Fcw0018_enlarge.jpg)
![[Image: e0069.jpg]](https://images.weserv.nl/?url=cowansauctions.com%2FitemImages%2Fe0069.jpg)
But, what has to be the most ironic of them all is this poster for the 54th Massachusetts Regiment.
http://www.masshist.org/database/viewer....arge#page1
They wouldn't even talk about fighting slavery to black troops.


