Appeal to the Colored Citizens of the World
But in Particular, and Very Expressly, to Those of the United States of America
by David Walker
Assigned by 1 of the 9 reading lists, catalogue entry only
- Written
- 1829
- Form
- Political theory
- Language
- English
- Length
- Short · 90 ppunder 120 pages
- Difficulty
- Moderate2 of 5 for a first-year reader
We recommendDavid Walker's Appeal to the Coloured Citizens of the WorldPennsylvania State University Press, 2000Peter Hinks's edition of the third edition of 1830, with an introduction and notes on Walker's sources and the pamphlet's suppression.
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A pamphlet in four articles published in Boston in 1829 by a free Black clothing dealer born in North Carolina. Walker argues that American slavery is the cruellest in history, that it is sustained by enforced ignorance, by a corrupted Christianity and by the colonisation scheme to remove free Blacks to Africa, and that God will punish the nation for it. He calls on enslaved people to resist, by force if necessary, and quotes the Declaration of Independence against its authors. Southern states banned it and put a price on his head; he died in 1830.
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