David Walker's Impact On Society

David Walker was born in 1785, in Wilmington North Carolina to a free mother and slave father, sadly, his father died during his birth and never had the opportunity to meet his father. Since his mother was free he would inherit his mom's free life and live his life as a free man and he would make it his quest to defend African American slaves. David Walker was an abolitionist, writer and activist. He wasn’t well; known, but he did make an impact in the slavery community. In 1820 he left Wilmington and spent some time in South Carolina. While he was here he spent time with a large population of African Americans. Although his time wasn't spent longer there, in 1825 he moved to Boston where slavery had already been abolished in Massachusetts. When he moved to Boston he opened up a clothing store in the city market. Not long after settling he married his wife Emily who was known to be
These encounters would just make more eager to change the way African Americans would live In his spare time, he would help and aid runaway slaves who were poor and needy. In his whole entire lifetime, he would take part in organizations such as the Prince Hall Freemasonry organization. It was formed in the 1780’s and it helped stand up to discrimination against the treatment of blacks. Not only did he attend different organizations he would share his views in speeches.
As an abolitionist, he believed that black slaves should fight back with violence if they got hurt or abused. He believed that slaves should rebel against their masters and try to escape the horrible life and conditions they were under. He wanted a better life for slaves, he thought the south should let slaves fight for their freedom. In 1829 he published his very first famous appeal pamphlet called Walker’s Appeal. Many copies of his appeal were published and copies were found from Virginia to