My great-great-great-grandmother walked as a slave from Virginia to Ea…

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My great-great-great-grandmother walked as a slave from Virginia to Eatonton, Georgia... It is in memory of this walk that I chose to keep and to embrace my maiden name, Walker. ✨ Alice Walker (2013). The Alice Walker Collection: Non-Fiction, p.65, Hachette UK
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My great-great-great-grandmother walked as a slave from Virginia to Eatonton, Georgia... It is in memory of this walk that I chose to keep and to embrace my maiden name, Walker. ✨ Alice Walker (2013). The Alice Walker Collection: Non-Fiction, p.65, Hachette UK

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