David Walker

Biography

David Walker (September 28, 1796 – August 6, 1830) was an American abolitionist, writer, and anti-slavery activist. Though his father was enslaved, his mother was free; therefore, he was free as well (partus sequitur ventrem). In 1829, while living in Boston, Massachusetts, with the assistance of the African Grand Lodge (later named Prince Hall Grand Lodge, Jurisdiction of Massachusetts), he published An Appeal to the Colored Citizens of the World, a call for black unity and a fight against slavery, which James T. Campbell called a "watershed in the history of black nationalism." The Appeal brought attention to the abuses and inequities of slavery and the responsibility of individuals to act according to religious and political principles.

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