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| Material Type: | Government publication, State or province government publication |
|---|---|
| Document Type: | Book |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
David Walker; Peter P Hinks |
| ISBN: | 027101993X 9780271019932 0271019948 9780271019949 |
| OCLC Number: | 42413372 |
| Notes: | Originally published as: Walker's appeal, in four articles. Boston : D. Walker, 1829. |
| Description: | li, 137 p. : ill., maps ; 23 cm. |
| Contents: | Introduction -- Editor's Note: The Three Editions of the Appeal -- David Walker's Appeal to the Coloured Citizens of the World -- Preamble -- Article 1. Our Wretchedness in Consequence of Slavery -- Article 2. Our Wretchedness in Consequence of Ignorance -- Article 3. Our Wretchedness in Consequence of the Preachers of the Religion of Jesus Christ -- Article 4. Our Wretchedness in Consequence of the Colonizing Plan -- Appendix: Documents -- Index |
| Other Titles: | Walker's appeal, in four articles, Appeal to the coloured citizens of the world, David Walker's Appeal |
| Responsibility: | edited and with a new introduction by Peter P. Hinks. |
Abstract:
" 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.
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