{"product_id":"david-walkers-appeal-to-the-coloured-citizens-of-the-world-9780271019949","title":"David Walker's Appeal to the Coloured Citizens of the World","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn 1829 David Walker, a free black born in Wilmington, North Carolina, wrote one of America's most provocative political documents of the nineteenth century, \u003cem\u003eWalker's Appeal to the Coloured Citizens of the World\u003c\/em\u003e. Decrying the savage and unchristian treatment blacks suffered in the United States, Walker challenged his \"afflicted and slumbering brethren\" to rise up and cast off their chains. Walker worked tirelessly to circulate his book via underground networks in the South, and he was so successful that Southern lawmakers responded with new laws cracking down on \"incendiary\" antislavery material. Although Walker died in 1830, the \u003cem\u003eAppeal\u003c\/em\u003e remained a rallying point for African Americans for many years to come, anticipating the radicalism of later black leaders, from Malcolm X to Martin Luther King, Jr. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn this new edition of the \u003cem\u003eAppeal\u003c\/em\u003e, the first in over thirty years, Peter P. Hinks, the leading authority on David Walker, provides a masterly introduction and extensive annotations that incorporate the most up-to-date research on Walker, much of it first reported by Hinks in his highly acclaimed biography, \u003cem\u003eTo Awaken My Afflicted Brethren\u003c\/em\u003e. Hinks also includes a unique appendix of documents showing the contemporary response--from North and South, black and white--to the \u003cem\u003eAppeal\u003c\/em\u003e itself and Walker's attempts to distribute it in the South. Historians and political activists have long recognized the importance of Walker's\u003cem\u003e Appeal\u003c\/em\u003e. At last we have an edition worthy of its persuasive immediacy and its enduring place in American history.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Hinks, Peter P.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/02\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Penn State University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780271019949\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 192\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.54lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.44d","brand":"Peter P. Hinks","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":39514564624459,"sku":"9780271019949","price":18.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0021\/1697\/6715\/products\/img_8f351a7d-362c-4d55-a6ba-baa220c8f42c.jpg?v=1631638737","url":"https:\/\/blackbookstore.com\/products\/david-walkers-appeal-to-the-coloured-citizens-of-the-world-9780271019949","provider":"Black Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}