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Revel Motor Row, 2019
Revel Motor Row, 2019
Abbott was born in 1870 in Georgia, and became interested in printmaking at a young age. He studied printing at the Hampton Institute in Virginia between 1892 and 1896. Following his graduation Abbott moved North to attend the Kent College of Law in Chicago, and received a law degree from that institution in 1898. Abbott spent a number of years attempting to establish himself in the legal profession, working in Gary, Indiana, and then Topeka, Kansas, before returning to Georgia. However, opportunities to develop his career as a lawyer remained fleeting, with his dark complexion and strong Southern accent proving significant barriers to his advancement in the profession.
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No greater glory, no greater honor, is the lot of man departing than a feeling possessed deep in his heart that the world is a better place for his having lived.