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SAINT JOHN, N.B. The legacy of Abraham Walker deserves to be celebrated says a group working to do just that. Amateur historian Peter Little places a flag alongside a small wooden stake in the Church of England Cemetery, marking the spot he believes to be the final resting place of Walker. Years ago, a man named Lennox Bagell took it upon himself to dig out all the known burials for this graveyard, and along with the burials was a map of all the burial plots, Little said. And Abraham Walker s family plot is on there. The grandson of runaway slaves from Virginia, Walker was born in 1851 in Greenwich Parish, New Brunswick and would become the first Canadian-born Black lawyer. ....
Posted: Apr 04, 2021 8:00 AM AT | Last Updated: April 4 Abraham Walker, who struggled to make a living in Saint John as Canada s first black lawyer, will finally have a headstone at his gravesite in the city.(Vaughan Memorial Library/Acadia University) ....