“An Appeal to the Colored Citizens of the World”(1829)

• Who was David Walker?


   An African American abolitionist who published An Appeal to the Colored Citizens of the World in 1829.
• What did David Walker's An Appeal to the Colored Citizens of the World encourage enslaved people to do?


  It encouraged them to rebel against slaveholders and fight for freedom by any means necessary.
• What did David Walker say to enslaved people in his appeal?


  “...if there is an attempt made by us, kill or be killed...”
• What was David Walker's goal in publishing his appeal?


  To unite Americans against slavery by exposing its harsh truth and inhumanity.