By Karisa Abel

• David Walker was born with a free mother, giving him freedom. However, David’s father was a slave who died sometime around his birth (either before or after, I kept getting different information about whether he died before or after.)

•David Walker became Boston’s leading spokesman against slavery by the end of 1828.

•David published the first edition of Walker’s Appeal in 1829.

•Walker’s Appeal made slaves rebel, causing slave masters to get very angry.

•The bounty for David Walker was $3,000 dead and $10,000 alive.

•David died after the third publishing of his appeal. He died of mysterious causes, but many people think he was poisened.

“If I remain in this bloody land, I will not live long. As true as God reigns, I will be avenged for the sorrows which my people have suffered.” – David Walker

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