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  1. Nov 2025
    1. David Walker was the son of an enslaved man and a free Black woman.

      David Walker was a black man; this is important to note so we understand how his audience viewed him.

  2. Oct 2025
    1. I had a Stronger Desire Still to Learn to read the Word of God, and at the Same Time had an uncommon Pity and Compassion to my Poor Brethren According to the Flesh. I used to wish I was capable of Instructing my poor Kindred. I used to think, if I Could once Learn to Read I would Instruct the poor Children in Reading

      Ocoom describes a deep sense he has to educate his community on Christianity and literacy as a pathway to Indigenous self-help and survival.