Walker's appeal, in four articles : together with a preamble, to the Coloured citizens of the world, but in particular, and very expressly, to those of the United States of America, written in Boston, State of Massachusetts, September 28, 1829 /
"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 pr...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Chapel Hill, NC :
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Library,
2011.
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| Edition: | DocSouth Books edition. |
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| Summary: | "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 color 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. Walker asks the slaves among his readers whether they wouldn't prefer to "be killed than to be a slave to a tyrant." He advises them not to "trifle" if they do rise up, but rather to kill those who would continue to enslave them and their wives and children. Copies of the pamphlet were smuggled by ship in 1830 from Boston to Wilmington, North Carolina, Walker's childhood home, causing panic among whites. In 1830, members of North Carolina's General Assembly had the Appeal in mind as they tightened the state's laws dealing with slaves and free black citizens. The resulting stricter laws led to more policies that repressed African Americans, freed and slave alike"--Publisher's description. |
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| Item Description: | Reprint of: Walker's appeal in four articles : together with a preamble, to the coloured citizens of the world, but in particular, and very expressly to those of the United States of America. Boston : Revised and published by David Walker, 1830. Prepared using the transcribed electronic text used in the "Documenting the American South" (DocSouth)--Project. Books at JSTOR Evidence Based Acquisitions EBSCO eBook Academic Comprehensive Collection North America |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (79 pages) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references. |
| ISBN: | 9780807869482 0807869481 9781469602820 1469602822 0807869473 9780807869475 |
