Heritage Guild: Honoring David Walker and Maria Stewart
2,879 views · Published 28 April 2014 · 1:20:14 · Indexed 8 November 2026
Channel: GBH Forum Network · 2014 · Education
This reception celebrates the plaques that were placed honoring David Walker and Maria Stewart, who both lived at 81 Joy Street (formerly 8 Belknap Street.) in Boston. Maria W. Stewart (1803-1879) was a controversial black abolitionist, essayist, lecturer and religious activist who lived on Beacon Hill. Her speeches, published by William Lloyd Garrison, were the first publicly-delivered speeches by an American woman on politics and women's rights. David Walker (1785-1830), in 1829, published "Appeal to the Colored Citizens of the World" decrying American slavery, racial hatred, and summoning his fellow African Americans to resist. A bounty was placed on him by slave owners.
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