In 1829 david walker a free black born in wilmington north carolina wrote an appeal decrying the savage and unchristian treatment of blacks in the usa this new edition of the work provides an introduction annotations that incorporate research on walker and an appendix of documents. In 1829 david walker wrote david walkers appeal to the colored citizens of the world many historians now regard the appeal as one of the most important social and political documents of the 19th century nothing like it had been published before it remained a rallying point for african americans for many years after walkers death. David walkers appeal to the coloured citizens of the world peter p hinks david walker isbn 9780271019932 kostenloser versand fur alle bucher mit versand und verkauf duch amazon. David walkers appeal to the colored citizens of the world 1829 david walker was the son of an enslaved man and a free black woman he traveled widely before settling in boston where he worked in and owned clothing stores and involved himself in various reform causes in 1829 he wrote the remarkable appeal to the colored citizens of the world