Walker’s Appeal
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Walker’s Appeal is an 1829 antislavery pamphlet by David Walker that fiercely condemned slavery and racism while urging enslaved and free Black people to resist oppression.
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| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Walker’s Appeal canonical | 1 |
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
abolitionist literature
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antislavery pamphlet ⓘ political tract ⓘ |
| advocates |
resistance by enslaved people
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resistance by free Black people ⓘ |
| associatedWithMovement |
Black liberation movement
ⓘ
abolitionism ⓘ |
| author | David Walker NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| callsFor |
Black unity
ⓘ
immediate abolition of slavery ⓘ self-defense against oppression ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
|
| criticizes |
American racism
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Christian hypocrisy regarding slavery ⓘ chattel slavery ⓘ colonization schemes ⓘ white supremacy ⓘ |
| distributionMethod | clandestine circulation ⓘ |
| genre |
antislavery literature
ⓘ
political writing ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeTitle |
Appeal to the Coloured Citizens of the World
NERFINISHED
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Walker’s Appeal to the Coloured Citizens of the World NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasForm | pamphlet ⓘ |
| historicalImpact |
contributed to debates over slavery in the 1830s
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heightened Southern fears of slave insurrection ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod | antebellum era ⓘ |
| influenced |
Frederick Douglass
NERFINISHED
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William Lloyd Garrison NERFINISHED ⓘ antebellum Black activism ⓘ radical abolitionism in the United States ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| legalStatusAtPublication | banned in several Southern states ⓘ |
| mainTopic |
Black resistance to oppression
ⓘ
racism in the United States ⓘ slavery in the United States ⓘ |
| notableFor |
condemnation of colonization to Africa
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direct address to enslaved and free Black audiences ⓘ early articulation of Black nationalism ⓘ militant tone against slavery ⓘ |
| placeOfPublication | Boston NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| politicalPosition | radical ⓘ |
| positionOnSlavery | uncompromisingly abolitionist ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1829 ⓘ |
| religiousAppeal | uses Christian arguments against slavery ⓘ |
| targetAudience |
enslaved African Americans
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free African Americans ⓘ white Americans ⓘ |
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