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Reading David Walker's Appeal: The Pen as the Sword
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Join artist, educator, and activist L'Merchie Frazier and playwright Peter Snoad on Zoom for a discussion of David Walker's Appeal to the Colored Citizens of the World, hosted by Old North Church. This talk is the second in a three-part series dedicated to Walker, his work, and his legacy.
David Walker, a 19th-century Black abolitionist, was an inspirational and influential leader of the abolitionist movement. In his 1829 Appeal, Walker called on enslaved people to revolt against their enslavers and compelled white Americans to recognize the moral depravity of slavery.
Frazier and Snoad, both experts on Walker, will analyze his seminal text and consider how the Appeal’s charges of greed, hypocrisy, and indifference remain relevant today.
To register for this virtual event, make a donation of any amount to The Old North Foundation. A Zoom link will be sent out on the evening of December 15.
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