| Alternative title:
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Lawyer Walker of Gloucester (as told to two Northern friends) |
| Author:
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Walker, Thomas Calhoun, 1862-1953
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| Abstract:
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This collection consists of an original manuscript used for the autobiography The Honey-Pod Tree: The Life Story of Thomas Calhoun Walker, which was published in 1958. Walker was born into slavery in Virginia and attended Hampton Institute to practice law. As a lawyer, he defended many African Americans in Gloucester County, Virginia and eventually served as the Administrator and Consultant in Negro Affairs for the New Deal's Emergency Relief Administration in the 1930s. |
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Issued Date:
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undated |
| URI:
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http://hdl.handle.net/10288/21900
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| Citation:
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Thomas Calhoun Walker Autobiography, Special Collections Research Center, William and Mary Libraries. |
