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. His daughter Maritcha Remond Lyons wrote a memoir about the family.[1]
His boarding house for seamen was an important stop on the underground railroad.[2] He was a member of the New York African Society for Mutual Relief.[3]
His son Albro Lyons Jr. lived from 1854 until 1906.
References
- ^ "Black Gotham Archive | Double ambrotype portrait of Albro Lyons, Sr. And Mary Joseph Lyons".
- ^ Smith, Jessie Carney; Phelps, Shirelle (1992). Notable Black American Women. ISBN 9780810391772.
- ^ Wilder, Craig Steven (5 July 2000). A Covenant with Color: Race and Social Power in Brooklyn 1636-1990. ISBN 9780231506632.