David Walker's appeal to the coloured citizens of the world
By: edited and with a new introduction by Peter P. Hinks.
Contributors: Hinks, Peter P.
Publisher: Pennsylvania State University Press
Published: 2000
Place of publication: University Park, Pa
Language: eng
Number of pages: 137
Subjects: Slavery -- United States; Slaves -- United States -- Social conditions
Other titles: Appeal to the coloured citizens of the world; David Walker's Appeal
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." From the bookjacket.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Originally published as: Walker's appeal, in four articles. Boston : D. Walker, 1829.