David Walker

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David Walker was a 19th-century African American abolitionist best known for his radical 1829 pamphlet "Appeal to the Coloured Citizens of the World," which forcefully condemned slavery and racism in the United States.

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David Walker canonical 4
David Walker (abolitionist) 1

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instanceOf African American
abolitionist
activist
pamphleteer
writer
advocated immediate abolition of slavery
resistance to slavery
appealCalledFor Black unity
self-defense against oppression
appealCondemned slavery as a sin against God
the hypocrisy of American democracy
birthCountry United States of America
surface form: United States
birthPlace Wilmington
surface form: Wilmington, North Carolina
birthYear c. 1796
criticized chattel slavery in the United States
colonization schemes to send Black Americans to Africa
racism in the United States
deathCountry United States of America
surface form: United States
deathPlace Boston, Massachusetts
deathYear 1830
distributedWorkThrough Black sailors
ethnicity African American
fullName David Walker self-link
gender male
historicalPeriod 19th century
influenced Frederick Douglass
Henry Highland Garnet
later Black abolitionists
knownFor Appeal to the Coloured Citizens of the World
condemning slavery and racism in the United States
writing a radical antislavery pamphlet
languageOfWork English
nationality American
notableWork Appeal to the Coloured Citizens of the World
Walker’s Appeal
occupation abolitionist
clothing shop owner
writer
operatedBusiness secondhand clothing store in Boston
politicalMovement abolitionism
religion Christianity
residence Boston, Massachusetts
subjectOf scholarship on early African American political thought
usedInAppeal biblical arguments against slavery
revolutionary rhetoric
workPublicationPlace Boston, Massachusetts
workPublicationYear 1829

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Walker hasNotableBearer David Walker
this entity surface form: David Walker (abolitionist)
David Walker fullName David Walker self-link