David Walker's Appeal, in Four Articles
Auteur: David Walker
Nombre de pages: 101 pages
ISBN: 0933121385, 9780933121386
Edition: Black Classic Press
Date de publication: Black Classic Press
Description: 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.
