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Quiz for Document 11–4: David Walker, Appeal to the Colored Citizens of the World, 1829

Choose the best answer to each question.

1. What did Walker believe God would do about slavery?

Walker believed God would find a way to place whites in slavery as well.

Walker lamented the fact that God seemed to have sanctioned and blessed the institution of slavery.

Walker believed that God would bring punishment to white masters one way or another.

Walker expected that God would instill masters and slaves with brotherly love and thereby end slavery.

2. Which country did Walker think set an example for African Americans and served as a warning for the white masters?

Great Britain

Haiti

Liberia

France

3. According to Walker, how did slavery affect free African Americans?

They lived in fear of being sold into slavery, and some of them worked with white masters to betray other free African Americans.

They ignored the plight of the enslaved African Americans because they were afraid of white retaliation.

They were so afraid and disgusted by the practice that many fled the country.

It made them more motivated to get good educations and better jobs so that they could better help end slavery.