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Walker's Appeal, in Four Articles
David Walker
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Paperback. 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 Num Pages: 80 pages, black & white halftones, frontispiece. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 10. Weight in Grams: 100.
First published in 1829, Walker's Appeal called on slaves to rise up and free themselves. The two subsequent versions of his document (including the reprinted 1830 edition published shortly before Walker's death) were increasingly radical. Addressed to the whole world but directed primarily to people of color around the world, the 87-page pamphlet by a free black man born in North Carolina and living in Boston advocates immediate emancipation and slave rebellion. Walker asks the slaves among his readers whether they wouldn't prefer to ""be killed than to be a slave to a tyrant."" He advises them not to ""trifle"" ... Read more
First published in 1829, Walker's Appeal called on slaves to rise up and free themselves. The two subsequent versions of his document (including the reprinted 1830 edition published shortly before Walker's death) were increasingly radical. Addressed to the whole world but directed primarily to people of color around the world, the 87-page pamphlet by a free black man born in North Carolina and living in Boston advocates immediate emancipation and slave rebellion. Walker asks the slaves among his readers whether they wouldn't prefer to ""be killed than to be a slave to a tyrant."" He advises them not to ""trifle"" ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
The University of North Carolina Press United States
Number of pages
80
Condition
New
Number of Pages
80
Place of Publication
Chapel Hill, United States
ISBN
9780807869475
SKU
V9780807869475
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About David Walker
Born in Wilmington, North Carolina, to a free mother and an enslaved father, David Walker moved to Boston in 1827 and sold secondhand clothing, aided fugitive slaves, and worked on his famous pamphlet until his mysterious death in 1830, soon after the publication of the pamphlet's third edition.
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