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Walker's Appeal

Abolitionist Writer, David Walker Was Born On September 28, 1785, In Wilmington, North Carolina, To A Free Mother And Enslaved Father.

Walker Is Most Famous For Writing And Publishing The Militant, Anti-Slavery Pamphlet, Walker's Appeal, in Four Articles; Together with a Preample, to the Coloured Citizens of the World, but in Particular, and Very Expressly, to Those of the United States of America, September, 1829.

Walker Demanded That America Give Blacks Respect And Equality Or Risk A Possible Race War. He Asked: "Will you wait until we shall, under God, obtain our liberty, by the crushing arm of power? ... Will it not be dreadful for you?... I speak to Americans for your good."

Three Editions Of The Controversial, 76-Page Pamphlet Were Printed It Was Widely Distributed In The North And Secretly Distributed In The South.

In Reaction To The Content Of Walker's Appeal, Southern Whites Armed Themselves In Anticipation Of A Slave Revolt. In Addition, Laws Against Teaching Blacks To Read And Write, Were Passed And It Became A Capital Crime To Possess Treaties Calling For A Slave Insurrection.

On June 28, 1830, Not Long After A Reward Had Been Offered For Him, David Walker Was Found Dead Near The Clothing Store He Owned, Possibly Having Been Poisoned.

In Order For Black History To Live, We Must Continue To Breathe Life Into It." -- Hubert Gaddy, Jr.

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Posted By: Hugh Gaddy
Tuesday, September 28th 2010 at 12:38AM
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