New Releases by David WALKER

Comprised of Walker''s Appeal, (the purpose of which was to encourage readers to take an active role in fighting their oppression, regardless of the risk, and to press white Americans to realize the moral and religious failure of slavery), a brief sketch of the life of David Walker, and Garnet''s Address to the slaves of the United States of America.

2015 Reprint of Third and Last edition of 1830. David Walker was an outspoken African-American abolitionist and anti-slavery activist. In 1829, while living in Boston, Massachusetts, he first published his famous "Appeal," a call for black unity and self-help in the fight against oppression and injustice. The work brought attention to the abuses and inequities of slavery and the obligation of individuals to act responsibly for racial equality, according to religious and political tenets. At the time, some people were outraged and fearful of the reaction that the pamphlet would have. Many abolitionists thought the views were extreme. Historians and liberation theologians cite the "Appeal" as an influential political and social document of the 19th century. Walker exerted a radicalizing influence on the abolitionist movements of his day and inspired future black leaders and activists.

Walker''s Appeal was first published in 1829 and was revised twice more by David Walker. The last revision culminated into the 1830 draft of the book, which is featured in this text. Walker''s Appeal is perhaps the most unique of all the abolitionist tracts in American History and World History. Most of the abolitionists of the 19th century focused their efforts on mobilizing wealthy, white northerners. Their preferred strategy was called "moral suasion", which essentially appealed to the moral conscious of the proslavery sector. The best known among this group is Frederick Douglass and William Lloyd Garrison. Current with the more mainstream abolitionist movement there was also a very lively antislavery movement that was led by free blacks that focused its efforts on mobilizing free blacks. Overwhelmingly they supported the immediate emancipation of slaves by all means. Within this circuit of abolitionist writers emerged one of the boldest and most insightful of all the abolitionists. David Walker called for the emancipation of all blacks by any means necessary and fervently lobbied against the colonization scheme. However what truly made Walker unique was passion combined with sharp insight, broad practical and academic knowledge, and faith that his mission was God''s will. Walker focused his efforts on mobilizing all blacks both slave and free. This book should certainly be read by students of emancipation, black resistance, and African American History.

If there''s anyone who could say,"I didn''t sign up for this," it''s Texas A&M quarterback David Walker. This is the incredible story of Walker''s demanding, provocative, bitterly fought career, and the most miraculous comeback of all time. Now the hardest-fighting Fightin'' Texas Aggie who ever lived reveals his life as the A&M Field General inside the cold-blooded arena of college football.Join fans now in discovering the most disturbingly fascinating career in NCAA history with the youngster who lived it, including unique stories of a superb high school coach and the all-time game-changers for Aggie football, the Wishbone Gang! Walker is the only college-level quarterback to ever publish a book based on his experiences in amateur athletics, and remains the youngest starting college quarterback ever. He held the single-season passing record at Sulphur High for 40 years and the single-game QB rushing record at Texas A&M for 35 years; a true dual-threat quarterback. Enjoy the flavor of Southwest Louisiana and the adopted Texas swagger in his unique voice as he takes you down a one-of-a-kind path you could never imagine possible in the modern era of college football. In so doing you will uncover what may be the best amateur sports story of all time how David Walker met the greatest challenge in NCAA history.

David Walker''s Appeal is a landmark work of American history and letters, the most radical piece of writing by an African American in the nineteenth century. Startling in its intensity, unrelenting in its attacks on slavery and white racism, it alarmed Southern slaveholders, inspired Northern abolitionists, and hastened the sectional conflicts that led to the Civil War. In this new edition of the Appeal, the distinguished historian Sean Wilentz draws on a generation of innovative research to throw fresh light on Walker''s life and ideas--and their enduring importance.

Walker''s Appeal represents one of the earliest African-centered discourses on an oppressed people''s right to freedom. African American political philosophy has evolved from many of the themes that it articulates. Order David Walker''s Appeal here.