Appeal to the Coloured Citizens of the World

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Appeal to the Coloured Citizens of the World is an 1829 antislavery pamphlet by David Walker that forcefully condemned slavery and racism while urging enslaved and free Black people to resist oppression.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf abolitionist work ⓘ
antislavery pamphlet ⓘ
political tract ⓘ
addresses enslaved Black people ⓘ
free Black people ⓘ
associatedWith African American history ⓘ
radical abolitionism ⓘ
author David Walker ⓘ
callsFor Black unity ⓘ
education for Black people ⓘ
immediate emancipation of enslaved people ⓘ
resistance to oppression ⓘ
circulationMethod clandestine distribution in the American South ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States ⓘ
criticizes American slavery ⓘ
colonization schemes to Africa ⓘ
hypocrisy of American democracy ⓘ
dateWritten 1829 ⓘ
form pamphlet ⓘ
genre abolitionist literature ⓘ
political writing ⓘ
hasPart four articles ⓘ
historicalPeriod Antebellum United States ⓘ
linked to: Antebellum period
historicalSignificance early articulation of militant Black abolitionism ⓘ
one of the most radical antislavery documents of its time ⓘ
influenced Black nationalist thought ⓘ
abolitionist movement in the United States ⓘ
intendedAudience especially those of the United States of America ⓘ
“coloured citizens of the world” ⓘ
language English ⓘ
legalResponse bans and restrictions in some Southern states ⓘ
mainTopic Black resistance to oppression ⓘ
abolitionism ⓘ
racism ⓘ
slavery in the United States ⓘ
notableFor call for Black self‑defense and resistance ⓘ
forceful condemnation of slavery ⓘ
radical critique of white supremacy ⓘ
placeOfPublication Boston ⓘ
politicalPosition antislavery ⓘ
anti‑racism ⓘ
publicationYear 1829 ⓘ
reaction alarm among Southern slaveholders ⓘ
increased surveillance of Black people in the South ⓘ
subjectOf debates about political violence and resistance in abolitionism ⓘ
scholarship in African American studies ⓘ
workOf David Walker ⓘ

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American abolitionist movement → notablePublication → Appeal to the Coloured Citizens of the World ⓘ
David Walker → notableWork → Appeal to the Coloured Citizens of the World ⓘ
David Walker → knownFor → Appeal to the Coloured Citizens of the World ⓘ
Walker’s Appeal → hasAlternativeTitle → Appeal to the Coloured Citizens of the World ⓘ
Walker’s Appeal → hasAlternativeTitle → Walker’s Appeal to the Coloured Citizens of the World ⓘ
linked to: Appeal to the Coloured Citizens of the World