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David Walker's appeal to the coloured citizens of the world
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David Walker's appeal to the coloured citizens of the world

Author: David Walker; Peter P Hinks
Publisher: University Park, Pa. : Pennsylvania State University Press, ©2000.
Edition/Format: Book : State or province government publication : EnglishView all editions and formats
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" 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  Read more...
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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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