David Walker's Appeal
by David Walker
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First published in 1829, 'Walker's Appeal' called on slaves to rise up and free themselves. The two subsequent versions of his document (including the reprinted 1830 edition published shortly before Walker's death) were increasingly radical. Addressed to the whole world but directed primarily to people of colour around the world, the 87-page pamphlet by a free black man born in North Carolina and living in Boston advocates immediate emancipation and slave rebellion.Tags
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- Original publication date
- 1829
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- Genres
- Nonfiction, History, General Nonfiction
- DDC/MDS
- 305.896 — Social sciences Social sciences, sociology & anthropology Groups of people Ethnic and national groups Other ethnic and national groups Africans and people of African descent; Blacks of African origin
- LCC
- E446 .W177 — History of the United States United States Revolution to the Civil War, 1775/1783-1861 Slavery in the United States. Antislavery
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- Languages
- English
- Media
- Paper, Ebook
- ISBNs
- 24
- ASINs
- 7
