David Walker

On September 28, 1829, David Walker's Appeal, an antislavery pamphlet decrying racism and discrimination, was published in Boston. An excerpt from the article:

"Walker's 'Appeal'
In 1829, Walker published a pamphlet entitled 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. Over the course of more than 70 pages, he used references within the Bible and the Declaration of Independence to passionately argue against slavery and discrimination.

Two more editions of Walker's Appeal were printed in 1830. As its message spread, some abolitionists, such as William Lloyd Garrison, denounced the violence advocated in some of its passages. However, Walker stood by his position, believing that his support of violence was a means for enslaved people to regain their humanity, not as a reprisal tactic. With the end of slavery and discrimination in America, Walker envisioned 'no danger but we will all live in peace and happiness together.'"