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Effie: Chapter Two

Note to the reader:

If you have not yet read Effie: Chapter One, I recommend you do that before reading on. Even if you have already been introduced to my great-grandmother’s story as told by my mother, and now me, you might want to take a quick refresher before moving forward. Each chapter builds on the context of the last.

Turning spoken word history i…