David Walker David Walker was an african american abolitionist who assisted in the elimination of slavery. Using a pamphlet, he would arouse slaves to rebel against their masters. As well as being an abolitionist, he was recognized as a leader in the city of Boston, MA. David Walker was born a free african american in a time of slavery. Fortunate to have a mother free of imprisonment and a father, who was not so blessed with freedom, but forced to be slave. Freedom came to David upon birth because of his mother. He was an only child who never had the pleasure of siblings. He was born in Wilmington, North Carolina on September 28th, 1796. People do not know what education he had but some believe he learned from his mother. His childhood was not ideal although he was free, for he witnessed many of the slaves tortured. An example was of a black male child who was forced to whip his mother to death. These bad things he saw were what gave him inspiration to start writing his pamphlets to put an end to slavery. …show more content…
They were married for a short four years from 1826 until David passed away in 1830. He had one surviving child, a son that in 1866 became the Massachusetts legislature. His name was Edwin G. Walker. David settled in Boston to live for the rest of his life. He owned two clothing stores where he would buy used clothes and sell them back to sailors for their long voyages. Inside the clothes he would hide his pamphlets for the used clothes salesmen on the other side to spread them out. If they were black sailors they could also spread the word. Many wanted him dead for this turmoil he was causing, so for the rest of his life there was a price tag that if he were brought alive folks would pay $10,000 or if dead only $3,000. David lived a life of