I am authorized to assure you that you will receive the same wages, the same rations, the same equipments, the same protection, the same treatment, and the same bounty, secured to white soldiers.
From an appeal for Black men to enlist in the Union Army, this passage assures them of equal treatment and benefits compared to white soldiers.
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