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Title: David Walkers Appeal (American Century) by David Walker, David Walket, Charles M. Wiltse ISBN: 0-8090-0073-3 Publisher: Hill & Wang Pub. Date: December, 1965 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $6.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.67 (3 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Every African American man woman and child MUST read this..
Comment: Intelligent, honest, straightforward, this book actually came close to bringing tears to my eyes on several occasions. Mr. Walker, while a religious man, confirmed a lot of the things I prepondered were true about america. There is nothing "MILITANT" about this book- He candidly points out the EVIL he was exposed to in this country and some of the horrors he witnessed himself. Here are a few quotes
"America is more our country, than it is the whites-we have enriched it with our blood and tears. The greatest riches in all America have arisen from our blood and tears: -- and will they drive us from our property and homes, which we have earned with our blood? They must look sharp or this very thing will bring swift destruction upon them. The Americans have got so fat on our blood and groans, that they have almost forgotten the God of armies. But let the go on."
"Do they think to drive us from our country and homes, after having enriched it with our blood and tears, and keep back millions of our dear brethren, sunk in the most barbarous wretchedness, to dig up gold and silver for them and their children? Surely, the Americans must think that we are brutes, as some of them have represented us to be."
He goes on with ACTUAL MURDERS in Boston- one in the Boston Street Church where an African-american male was murdered. YEs, inside of a Church. To all African-americans, you MUST read this book. He cared. He witnesses the horrible murder and crimes of those people, right around the time of their "great forefathers" LOL. Published 1829.
Rating: 4
Summary: A core document of African American history
Comment: "David Walker's Appeal" was one of the most extraordinary documents of the 19th century United States. The author, David Walker, was a free black man who used this tract to expose and denounce racism. Walker published 3 editions of the pamphlet from 1829 to 1830, the year he was found dead--possibly the victim of a political assassination. The Black Classics Press edition contains an informative introduction by James Turner.
The "Appeal" contains a preamble and four "Articles." Each of the Articles targets a phenomenon that contributes to the oppression of African Americans: slavery, ignorance, the "Preachers of the Religion of Jesus Christ," and the "Colonizing Plan."
Walker's tone is bold, but at times he sounds frenzied, even maniacal. In his more outraged moments, he sounds like a 19th century religious fanatic. Consider this statement from Article III: "O Americans! Americans!! I call God--I call angels--I call men, to witness, that your DESTRUCTION is at hand, and will be speedily consummated unless you REPENT." But if you can read such outbursts in context, you will find the book as a whole to be an incisive, intelligent analysis of a racist societal superstructure.
Particularly important is Walker's harsh condemnation of white Christian preachers and institutions who promoted the oppression of black people. Walker reminds us that the "status quo" forces in American Christianity were key pillars of white supremacy. Overall, "David Walker's Appeal" is a crucial document which deserves a wide contemporary audience.
Rating: 5
Summary: excellent and fascinating
Comment: An early and powerful indictment of racism. One can feel the anger of the author as he relates what white men committed in the name of greed, patriarchy, and race hatred. As a feminist who is also a white woman, I side completely with African Americans who are combatting the continuous tide of racism in this country, which the author singles out in his discourse. An absolutely extraordinary book, one that needs to be read.
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Title: Theological Anthropology (Sources of Early Christian Thought) by J. Patout Burns ISBN: 0800614127 Publisher: Augsburg Fortress Publishers Pub. Date: 01 September, 1981 List Price(USD): $15.00 |
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Title: Maria W. Stewart: America's First Black Woman Political Writer : Essays and Speeches (Blacks in the Diaspora) by Marilyn Richardson ISBN: 0253204461 Publisher: Indiana University Press Pub. Date: 01 November, 1987 List Price(USD): $12.95 |
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Title: Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl (Dover Thrift Editions) by Harriet A. Jacobs ISBN: 0486419312 Publisher: Dover Publications Pub. Date: 01 November, 2001 List Price(USD): $2.00 |
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Title: A Reformation Debate by Jean Calvin, Jacopo Sadoleto, John C. Olin ISBN: 0801023904 Publisher: Baker Academic Pub. Date: 01 June, 1976 List Price(USD): $11.99 |
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Title: On God and Christ: The Five Theological Orations and Two Letters to Cledonius (St. Vladimir's Seminary Press "Popular Patristics" Series) by Gregory, Frederick Williams, Lionel R. Wickham, Gregory Correspondence, st of Nazianzus Gregory ISBN: 0881412406 Publisher: St. Vladimir's Seminary Press Pub. Date: 01 December, 2002 List Price(USD): $12.95 |
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