David Walker

Events

1

Episodes

2

Years

1829–1830

Every event in Historedia whose sources name David Walker, with the role they cite and all of that event’s episodes. This is not a biography, and mentions are grouped by name, so two people with the same name can share this page.

Events and episodes

1. David Walker publishes Appeal to the Coloured Citizens of the World

   1829–1830

   Role: Author and abolitionist

   1. 1September 28, 1829 · Boston, MassachusettsPublication of the Appeal

      David Walker published his Appeal to the Coloured Citizens of the World in Boston on September 28, 1829, calling for black unity and resistance to slavery.

   2. 21830 · Reported in the Boston Evening Transcript; Southern reaction geographically distinctContemporary Reception

      Black readers viewed the Appeal as a guide to freedom, while white Southerners feared it would incite slave violence, leading to harsher laws.

Sources

1. David Walker (abolitionist) Wikipedia, revision of 2026-06-03