The African Society for Mutual Relief was a mutual aid organization established in New York City in 1808.[1][2][3][4] Its building was attacked in the 1834 anti-abolition riots.[5]
Leaders of the group included William Hamilton, its first president; Cato Alexander, an inn keeper; Philip Bell, editor and publisher of The Colored American; and Abraham Lawrence, president of the Harlem Railroad.
References
edit- ^ "MAAP | Place Detail: African Society for Mutual Relief".
- ^ "African corporation over a century old". The Pittsburgh Courier. February 3, 1912. p. 1. Retrieved 2020-11-30.
- ^ Harris, Leslie M. (2004). In the Shadow of Slavery: African Americans in New York City, 1626-1863. University of Chicago Press. pp. 86–90. ISBN 978-0-226-31775-5.
- ^ Jaynes, Gerald D. (2005). Encyclopedia of African American Society. SAGE. pp. 491, 570. ISBN 978-0-7619-2764-8.
- ^ "The New York African Society for Mutual Relief (1808-1860) •". 22 January 2011.
Further reading
edit- Wilder, Craig Steven (1998). "The Rise and Influence of the New York African Society for Mutual Relief, 1808-1865". Afro-Americans in New York Life and History. 22 (2): 7–.
- Scottron, Samuel L. (1905). "New York African Society for Mutual Relief - Ninety-Seventh Anniversary". Colored American Magazine. 14: 685–690.
- Zuille, John J. (1892). Historical sketch of the New York African Society for Mutual Relief. New York. OCLC 837507294.
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