WALKER'S
APPEAL,
WITH A BRIEF SKETCH OF HIS LIFE.
BY
HENRY HIGHLAND GARNET.
AND ALSO
GARNET'S ADDRESS
TO THE SLAVES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
NEW-YORK:
Printed by J.H. Tobitt, 9 Spruce st
1848.
Such is the very high esteem which is entertained for the memory ofDavid Walker, and so general is the desire to preserve his"Appeal," that the subscriber has undertaken, and performed the taskof re-publication, with a brief notice of his life, having procuredpermission from his widow, Mrs. Dewson.
The work is valuable, because it was among the first, and was actuallythe boldest and most direct appeal in behalf of freedom, which wasmade in the early part of the Anti-Slavery Reformation. When thehistory of the emancipation of the bondmen of America shall bewritten, whatever name shall be placed first on the list of heroes,that of the author of the Appeal will not be second.
Troy, N.Y., April 12, 1848.
It is generally the desire of the reader of any intellectualproduction, to know something of the character and the life of theauthor. The character of David Walker is indicated in his writings.In regard to his life, but a few materials can be gathered; but whatis known of him, furnishes proof to the opinion which the friends ofman have formed of him—that he possessed a noble and a courageousspirit, and that he was ardently attached to the cause of liberty.
Mr. Walker was born in