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Daughter of former slave a link to those who prevailed

Hurdle-Toomey, 73, is among the last known children of former U.S. slaves. Although the Forest Grove woman didn't really know her father -- he died at about 90 years old when Hurdle-Toomey was 3 -- she says she has tried to live her life by valuing the same things he did: education, faith and honest labor.

Read entire article at Oregonian