The Textual Effects of David Walker's Appeal: Print-Based Activism Against Slavery, Racism, and Discrimination, 1829-1851

Historians and literary historians alike recognize David Walker's Appeal to the Coloured Citizens of the World (1829—1830) as one of the most politically radical and consequential antislavery texts ever published, yet the pamphlet's significant impact on North American nineteenth—century print—based activism has gone under—examined. In The Textual Effects of David Walker's "Appeal" Marcy J. Dinius offers the first in—depth analysis of Walker's argumentatively and typographically radical pam...