Walker (David) is born in Wilmington, North Carolina.

The son of an enslaved father and free mother, David Walker arrives in Boston in 1825, lives initially on Phillips Street (then Southac Street), works as a tailor, then opens a used clothing store on Brattle Street [Dock Square-Kendrick]. He marries Eliza Butler, and moves to today’s 81 Joy Street (then 8 Belknap Street) in 1826. A founder of the Massachusetts General Colored Association and contributor to Freedom’s Journal, Walker publishes a controversial pamphlet denouncing slavery and advocating revolt in 1829.* After moving to Bridge Street in the West End, he is found dead near in a doorway in the North End, probably from tuberculosis, on June 28, 1830 [August 6-BG]. Walker is thought to be buried in an unmarked grave in the Hawes Burying Ground.