David Walker

CTL-E-1562 · Person · activist · 1820s

VERIFIED evidence grade of this record

Abolitionist and writer; author of Walker’s Appeal (1829), the radical antislavery pamphlet calling on enslaved people to rise against enslavers; founding member of the Massachusetts General Colored Association.

The record

• Also known as: David Walker (abolitionist)

Relationships

• African Lodge No. 459 — member of organization
  Walker joined the Prince Hall Masons (African Lodge No. 459) in 1826.
• Boston, Massachusetts — based in
  Walker settled in Boston in the mid-1820s and published the Appeal there.
• Freedom's Journal — affiliated with
  Walker served as the Boston agent for — and a contributor to — Freedom’s Journal.
• Henry Highland Garnet — related to
  Garnet republished Walker’s Appeal in 1848 in a single volume with his own “Address to the Slaves of the United States” (Walker died in 1830; the link is through the text).
• John Brown Russwurm — related to
  Walker was the Boston agent for John Brown Russwurm’s Freedom’s Journal.
• Massachusetts General Colored Association — member of organization
  Walker was a founding member of the Massachusetts General Colored Association (1826).
• Massachusetts General Colored Association — founded
  Walker was one of the most influential founders of the Massachusetts General Colored Association.
• Samuel E. Cornish — related to
  Walker was the Boston agent for Samuel Cornish’s Freedom’s Journal.

Referenced by

• Henry Highland Garnet — related to → this record
• Massachusetts General Colored Association — founded by → this record
• Walker’s Appeal — authored by → this record

Sources

• CultureTechLens batch RELP2 research

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