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| Genre/Form: | Biography |
|---|---|
| Named Person: | David Walker; David (Politiker) Walker |
| Material Type: | Biography, Government publication, State or province government publication, Internet resource |
| Document Type: | Book, Internet Resource |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Peter P Hinks |
| ISBN: | 0271015780 9780271015781 0271015799 9780271015798 |
| OCLC Number: | 34966264 |
| Description: | xvii, 301 p. ; 24 cm. |
| Contents: | Introduction: "Strange to ever keep in mind" : the world of David Walker -- Born free into slavery : David Walker's early years -- "There is a great work for you to do" : coming of age in Vesey's Charleston -- "Even here in Boston, pride and prejudice have got to such a pitch" : Settling down in Massachusetts -- "To make them think and feel, and act, as one sold body" : the Appeal and the Black Reform Movement -- Getting the good word out : circulating Walker's appeal -- History and oratory : the intellectual background of the Appeal -- "I am one of the oppressed, degraded and wretcjed sons of Africa" : and exegesis of the Appeal -- "Why are the Americans so very fearfull terrified respecting my book?" : The Appeal and the problem of Antebellum Black resistance -- Appendixes: Analysis of names on the Charleston AME petition -- Slave and free Black members of the African Church who were associated with the Vesey affair -- David Walker's associates in Boston -- Distribution of occupations in Black Boston, 1826 -- David Walker's death and the history of his family. |
| Responsibility: | Peter P. Hinks. |
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