Project Gutenberg 2005-08-12 Public domain in the USA. 523 Walker, David 1830 Garnet, Henry Highland 1815 1882 Garnett, H. H. (Henry Highland) Walker's Appeal, with a Brief Sketch of His Life And Also Garnet's Address to the Slaves of the United States of America Reading ease score: 71.2 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. Produced by Suzanne Shell, Richard J. Shiffer, and the PG Online Distributed Proofreading Team. "Walker's Appeal, with a Brief Sketch of His Life" by Henry Highland Garnet is a historical account written in the mid-19th century. The work centers around the life and legacy of David Walker, an early and influential African American abolitionist whose writings boldly challenged the institution of slavery in America. The main focus of the book is Walker's powerful appeal to the oppressed, urging them to recognize their own suffering and assert their right to freedom. The opening of the text introduces us to the profound impact of David Walker's writing, particularly his 1829 "Appeal," which shocked and unsettled many, including slaveholders. It details his early life, marked by the stark realities of having a slave father and a free mother, which ignited his fervent fight against slavery. Garnet conveys Walker's journey from North Carolina to Boston, where he became not only a successful businessman but also a key figure in the abolitionist movement. Using both personal anecdotes and historical references, the text foreshadows Walker's conviction that liberation is not only a moral imperative but a necessary struggle, emphasizing the dire conditions under which African Americans lived and calling for collective action and unity in the fight against oppression. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Slavery -- United States E300 Text Slavery Browsing: Culture/Civilization/Society Browsing: History - American Browsing: Politics 237122 236866 2024-10-07T10:53:27.109209 2023-09-07T11:19:01.622135 text/html text/html 237382 2020-12-12T09:42:22 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 83146 2020-12-12T09:42:22 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 180312 2024-10-07T10:53:35.968144 application/epub+zip 183134 2024-10-07T10:53:31.317197 application/epub+zip 158306 2024-10-07T10:53:29.780179 application/epub+zip 428911 2024-10-07T10:53:39.182167 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 408544 2024-10-07T10:53:34.760186 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 194128 2022-09-08T05:54:33.689952 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 206616 206529 2024-10-07T10:53:26.483194 2023-09-07T11:19:01.144142 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 206629 2020-12-12T09:42:22 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 77124 2020-12-12T09:42:22 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 206622 2020-12-12T09:42:22 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 77105 2020-12-12T09:42:22 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 22454 2024-10-07T10:53:39.322158 application/rdf+xml 23036 2024-10-07T10:53:30.339193 image/jpeg 4647 2024-10-07T10:53:30.061234 image/jpeg 177679 2024-10-07T10:53:27.130248 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia en.wikipedia