What David Walker thinks about education

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African-American abolitionist (1796 to 1830); author of Walker's Appeal.

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1. c. 1829–1830

   Our readingBlack Americans must prove they are men, above all by spreading education and religion among the young

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   Their wordsYou have to prove to the Americans and the world, that we are men, and not brutes as we have been represented, and by millions treated. Remember, to let the aim of your labours among your brethren, and particularly the youths, be the dissemination of education and religion.

   ↗Walker's Appeal (1829-1830; 1848 edition)gutenberg.org All 19 from this book