[COMPLETE] Walker's Appeal by David Walker - dc
-
neecheelok70
- Posts: 12325
- Joined: April 4th, 2016, 4:52 pm
Family stuff going on--will be a couple of days to get back to work. Jim
-
neecheelok70
- Posts: 12325
- Joined: April 4th, 2016, 4:52 pm
Thanks. Found a moment to finish this one. Jim
The Appeal grabbed readers’ attention in as dramatic a manner as Walker could have possibly imagined. In her book, Maria W. Stewart and the Roots of Black Political Thought, Kirsten Waters writes about how the pamphlet itself was viewed as dangerous by pro-slavery forces, while Walker actively worked to get his text in the hands of Black readers. He did not direct his writing to White audiences, and in the third edition added a special message to Black readers, saying that:
It is expected that all coloured men, women, and children† of every nation, language, and tongue under heaven, will try to procure a copy of this Appeal and read it, or get some one to read it to them, for it is designed more particularly for them.
Copied the above to the book description on the Project Screen page.
It is expected that all coloured men, women, and children† of every nation, language, and tongue under heaven, will try to procure a copy of this Appeal and read it, or get some one to read it to them, for it is designed more particularly for them.
Copied the above to the book description on the Project Screen page.