Albro Lyons Sr.

Albro Lyons Sr. was a New Yorker of mixed heritage who advocated for educational opportunities and worked to free slaves. There is a double ambrotype of he and his wife, Mary.[1] His daughter Maritcha Remond Lyons wrote a memoir about the family.[2]

His boarding house for seamen was an important stop on the Underground Railroad.[3] He was a member of the New York African Society for Mutual Relief.[4]

His son Albro Lyons Jr. lived from 1854 until 1906.

References

  1. ^ "Black Activists of 19th Century New York". Museum of the City of New York.
  2. ^ "Black Gotham Archive | Double ambrotype portrait of Albro Lyons, Sr. And Mary Joseph Lyons".
  3. ^ Smith, Jessie Carney; Phelps, Shirelle (1992). Notable Black American Women. ISBN 9780810391772.
  4. ^ Wilder, Craig Steven (5 July 2000). A Covenant with Color: Race and Social Power in Brooklyn 1636-1990. ISBN 9780231506632.