David Walker

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David Walker was a 19th-century African American abolitionist best known for his radical 1829 pamphlet "Appeal to the Coloured Citizens of the World," which forcefully condemned slavery and racism in the United States.

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David Walker canonical 5
David Walker (abolitionist) 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf African American ⓘ
abolitionist ⓘ
activist ⓘ
pamphleteer ⓘ
writer ⓘ
advocated immediate abolition of slavery ⓘ
resistance to slavery ⓘ
appealCalledFor Black unity ⓘ
self-defense against oppression ⓘ
appealCondemned slavery as a sin against God ⓘ
the hypocrisy of American democracy ⓘ
birthCountry United States ⓘ
birthPlace Wilmington, North Carolina ⓘ
linked to: Wilmington
birthYear c. 1796 ⓘ
criticized chattel slavery in the United States ⓘ
colonization schemes to send Black Americans to Africa ⓘ
racism in the United States ⓘ
deathCountry United States ⓘ
deathPlace Boston, Massachusetts ⓘ
deathYear 1830 ⓘ
distributedWorkThrough Black sailors ⓘ
ethnicity African American ⓘ
fullName David Walker ⓘ
gender male ⓘ
historicalPeriod 19th century ⓘ
influenced Frederick Douglass ⓘ
Henry Highland Garnet ⓘ
later Black abolitionists ⓘ
knownFor Appeal to the Coloured Citizens of the World ⓘ
condemning slavery and racism in the United States ⓘ
writing a radical antislavery pamphlet ⓘ
languageOfWork English ⓘ
nationality American ⓘ
notableWork Appeal to the Coloured Citizens of the World ⓘ
Walker’s Appeal ⓘ
occupation abolitionist ⓘ
clothing shop owner ⓘ
writer ⓘ
operatedBusiness secondhand clothing store in Boston ⓘ
politicalMovement abolitionism ⓘ
religion Christianity ⓘ
residence Boston, Massachusetts ⓘ
subjectOf scholarship on early African American political thought ⓘ
usedInAppeal biblical arguments against slavery ⓘ
revolutionary rhetoric ⓘ
workPublicationPlace Boston, Massachusetts ⓘ
workPublicationYear 1829 ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Walker → hasNotableBearer → David Walker (abolitionist) ⓘ
linked to: David Walker
David Walker → fullName → David Walker ⓘ
Walker’s Appeal → author → David Walker ⓘ