when was david walker born
David Walker (September 28, 1796 â August 6, 1830) was an outspoken African-American abolitionist and anti-slavery activist. In 1829, while living in Boston, Massachusetts, he published An Appeal to the Coloured Citizens of the World, a call for black unity and self-help in the fight against oppression and injustice.is son, Edward G. Walker, was an attorney and one of the first two black men elected into the Massachusetts State Legislature in 1866.