David Walker was born around 1796 in North Carolina, USA most likely to an enslaved father and free mother. He grew up in the South and traveled the United States extensively before settling in Boston ...

David Walker ... she died. Walker travelled throughout the country, eventually settling in Boston. But even in that free northern city, with its prevalent discrimination, life was less than ...

David Walker's Appeal, arguably the most radical of all anti-slavery documents, caused a great stir when it was published in September of 1829 with its call for slaves to revolt against their masters.