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"These and similar cruelties these Christians have been for hundreds of years inflicting on our fathers and us in the dark. God has however, very recently published some of their secret crimes on the house top, that the world may gaze on their Christianity and see of what kind it is composed." Walker wrote these sentences about the new cruel laws in Georgia and Virginia. Based on these sentences, what did Walker likely hope would happen as a result of these laws becoming public?

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The correct answer to this open question is the following.

Although there are no options attached we can say the following.

Based on these sentences, what Walker likely hoped would happen as a result of these laws becoming public was to receive the support of his appeal.

Let's remember that David Walker was a free black of the South of the United States. In September 1829, he published a document titled "Appeal to the Coloured Citizens of the World." This document was considered to be very aggressive by white people because, in the anti-slavery document, Walker invited black people to rebel against their owners. One of Walker's goals was to instill pride and courage in black people of the South.

In general terms, the Appeal established arguments against slavery and questioned the role of white people in constructing the country.