Abraham Beverley Walker

His family had settled there in 1786, placing them in the first group of black settlers on the peninsula, which is upriver from Saint John.

Walker grew up in a large family in the rural community of Kars and attended the one-room schoolhouse there.

[4] After suffering numerous setbacks in his career as a lawyer and painful racial snubs at many levels, he was admitted as a solicitor to the Supreme Court of New Brunswick.

[3] Walker was promised a Queen's and King's Counsel appointment several times, but racist objections prevented it.

[4] Despite this, he emerged as the leader of his racial group in the Maritimes and pursued work in civil rights.