Newhanover County NcArchives Biographies.....Walker, David 
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Source: Cyclopedia
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David Walker

Abolitionist - was born in Wilmington, NC, Sept. 28, 1785, a negro, the son of 
a free mother and a slave father.

He secured what education he could in Boston, Mass., and in 1827, having 
learned to read and write, began business as a shopkeeper and dealer in second-
hand clothes on Brattle Street. 

He possessed a reflective and penetrating mind, and in 1829 issued "An appeal 
in four articles: with a Preamble to the Colored Citizens of the World", which 
became known as "Walker's Appeal". It was widely circulated especially 
throughout the South, and being very outspoken and bitter it stirred up the 
South as no other pamphlet had done. Three editions were published.

The feeling in the South became so bitter after the publication of the second 
edition, that a reward of $10,000 was offered for Walker. He died in Boston, 
Mass., in 1830.

William Lloyd Garrison was forced to leave the country on account of the 
second appearance of "Walker's Appeal". His enemies claimed that he was 
connected with its publication.

Additional Comments:
Source:
The National Cyclopedia 
of American Biography
Volume XIV
1910

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