Early Life
Born in the Cape Fear region of North Carolina to a free mother and enslaved father, David Walker witnessed the cruelty of whites oppressing those with darker skin color in his home state. As a young adult he moved to Charleston, a mecca for upwardly mobile free blacks, where he was affiliated with a strong African Methodist Episcopal Church community of activists. He visited and likely lived in Philadelphia, a shipbuilding center, and, importantly, the home of an active black community.
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