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Jonathan Walker (1799 – May 1, 1878), known as "The Man with the Branded Hand", was an American reformer who became a national hero in 1844 when he was tried and sentenced as a slave stealer following his attempt to help seven runaway slaves find freedom.
Jonathan Walker. Actor: Shooter. Jonathan grew up in England but now makes his home in Canada. Made his acting debut in school plays directed by Jenny Bale (Christian Bale's mother). He began his professional career after completing military service as an officer in the Canadian Infantry. He is a screenwriter as well as an actor.
Apr 13, 2022 · Jonathan Walker says he wants to pursue engineering and entrepreneurship. A Florida teen says he is celebrating after being accepted to 27 colleges and universities, including Harvard, Stanford ...
Jonathan Walker (1799-1878), better known as the “Man with the Branded Hand,” was a Massachusetts-born antislavery author, lecturer, and agitator. A former merchant mariner known as “Captain,” Walker’s first major action against slavery came when colonization was considered a popular alternative to emancipation.
In November, Jonathan Walker went to trial in federal court for stealing Anthony Catlett, Silas Scott, Charles Johnson and his brother Moses. He was found guilty, to no one’s surprise. The judge sentenced him to the pillory, the branded hand, a fine and more prison time.
A dedicated abolitionist, shipwright and sea captain from New England, Jonathan Walker became famous for the unusual punishment he received for aiding seven slaves to escape. In 1835, Walker joined with abolitionist Benjamin Lunday on an expedition to Mexico to assist with the colonization of escaped American slaves.
Jonathan Walker. Soon after Whittier wrote those lines, Captain Jonathan Walker moved to Wisconsin. He retired to Fond du Lac and later Washington county after five years of lecturing and writing against slavery.
Jonathan Walker became a national hero in 1844 when he was tried and sentenced as a slave stealer following an attempt to assist seven runaway slaves find freedom.
Book/Printed Material Trial and imprisonment of Jonathan Walker, at Pensacola, Florida, for aiding slaves to escape from bondage. With an appendix, containing a sketch of his life.
May 25, 2011 · The Man with the Branded Hand: The Life of Jonathan Walker, Abolitionist. Hardcover – May 25, 2011. Sailing around the Florida Keys in 1844, forty-five-year-old Jonathan Walker had a price on his head. On board the small boat he had built that winter in Alabama were seven fugitives from slavery.
- Alvin F. Oickle
