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/ To subscribe, change options, or unsubscribe, please see the instructions at http://listlva.lib.va.us/archives/va-roots.html