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[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.
The footnote under that dagger gives one of the clearest indications of how impossible it is to understate Walker’s boldness and the clarity of his pro-Black message:
†Who are not too deceitful, abject, and servile to resist the cruelties and murders inflicted upon us by the white slave holders, our enemies by nature.]
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Source text (please read only from this text!): https://archive.org/details/walkersappealinf00walk
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Genres for the project: History; Self-Help; Law
Keywords that describe the book: race in America; humanity; equality
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LibriVox recording settings: mono (1 channel), 44100 Hz sample rate, 128 kbps constant bit rate MP3. See the Tech Specs
Intro to recording:
Leave 0.5 to 1 second of silence at the beginning.
For the first section, say:
For the second and subsequent sections, you may use the shortened intro if you wish:"Section # of Walker's Appeal. This is a LibriVox recording. All LibriVox recordings are in the public domain. For more information or to volunteer, please visit librivox.org." [Optional: "Read by your name."] "Walker's Appeal, by David Walker. Section Title."
End of recording:"Section # of Walker's Appeal, by David Walker. This LibriVox recording is in the public domain." [Optional: "Read by your name."] "Section Title."
Say:
If you are recording the final section of the book, add:"End of section #." [Optional, and if not stated in the intro: "Read by your name, city, date."]
Leave 5 seconds of silence at the end."End of Walker's Appeal, by David Walker."
Filename: appeal_#_walker_128kb.mp3 where # is the section number. (e.g. appeal_1_walker_128kb.mp3)
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MC to select: craigdav1
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