How did one of the great and influential pamphlets of the abolitionist
movement, written by a North Carolina-born former slave from Massachusetts,
end up at the Library of Virginia? See this week’s Out of the Box blog entry.
David Walker’s “Appeal to the Colored Citizens of the World” used
Enlightenment ideas and biblical principals to argue for either an immediate end
to slavery in America or revolution. His writing greatly influenced the
Abolitionist movement in the United States and, directly or indirectly, those
who continued to fight for equality after slavery. You will also be able to see
what may be the only surviving letter in David Walker’s handwriting which also
resides in Virginia’s archive.
http://www.virginiamemory.com/blogs/out_of_the_box/
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