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Cover of David Walker's appeal, in four articles, together with a preamble, to the coloured citizens of the world, but in particular, and very expressly, to those of the United States of America

David Walker's Four Appeals

A Black Man's 1829 Indictment of Slavery

By David Walker,Henry Highland Garnet,C. Edward Wall,Anton Ferguson,Charles M. Wiltse

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Publish Date

2021

Publisher

Pierian Press

Language

eng

Pages

88

Description:

"In 1829 David Walker, a free black born in Wilmington, North Carolina, wrote one of America's most provocative political documents of the nineteenth century. Walker's Appeal to the Coloured Citizens of the World. Decrying the savage and unchristian treatment blacks suffered in the United States, Walker challenged his "afflicted and slumbering brethern" to rise up and cast off their chains. Walker worked tirelessly to circulate his book via underground networks in the South, and he was so successful that Southern lawmakers responded with new laws cracking down on "incendiary" anti-slavery material." From the bookjacket.