The American Minervan

Tag: David Walker

  • Introduction to Black Classical Republicanism and its Influence on early Black Intellectuals

    Introduction to Black Classical Republicanism and its Influence on early Black Intellectuals

    EARLY BLACK INTELLECTUALS AND THE INFLUENCE OF CLASSICISM AND REPUBLICANISM In the late 18th and early 19th centuries, a small but influential group of Black intellectuals engaged deeply with Greco-Roman classics and the ideals of classical republicanism. This engagement was multifaceted in that they drew on ancient texts to demonstrate Black intellectual capacity in the…

  • Abolitionist David Walker turns Fire into Radical Revolution against Slaveholding Republic

    Abolitionist David Walker turns Fire into Radical Revolution against Slaveholding Republic

    David Walker turns ancient philosophy of Fire into radical revolutionary resistance against the slaveholding Republic. DAVID WALKER’S APPEAL AS THE FULLEST AMERICAN EMBODIMENT OF THE ARCHAIC PHILOSOPHY OF FIRE David Walker’s Appeal (1829) is indeed the fullest and single most American embodiment of the ancient tradition of FIRE come down to us through the philosophy…