What David Walker thinks about Europe
African-American abolitionist (1796 to 1830); author of Walker's Appeal.
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1 dated position, c. 1829–1830, in their own words. Our reading of what David Walker has said — not written or endorsed by them.
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Our readingBlack people, even half educated, are more humane and merciful than the most refined Europeans
Their wordsI know that the blacks, take them half enlightened and ignorant, are more humane and merciful than the most enlightened and refined Europeans that can be found in all the earth.
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