Walker’s Appeal

Name: Walker’s Appeal
Author: David Walker

David Walker, a free Black clothes dealer in Boston, called in 1829 on enslaved Americans to resist, and on the country to read its own Declaration of Independence. Southern states made circulating it a crime, and Georgia offered a reward for him. He sent copies south with sailors, some sewn into clothing.
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Reading time: About 2 hr 10 min
Where to find it: The Unwelcome Spines, beyond the Restricted Catalogue
Edition: Project Gutenberg, eBook #16516. In the public domain in the United States.

Walker’s Appeal

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