New York African Society for Mutual Relief

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

1. "MAAP | Place Detail: African Society for Mutual Relief".
2. "African corporation over a century old". The Pittsburgh Courier. February 3, 1912. p. 1. Retrieved 2020-11-30.
3. 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.
4. Jaynes, Gerald D. (2005). Encyclopedia of African American Society. SAGE. pp. 491, 570. ISBN 978-0-7619-2764-8.
5. https://www.blackpast.org/african-american-history/new-york-african-society-mutual-relief-1808-1860/#:~:text=In%201808%2C%20the%20New%20York,house%20to%20buy%20real%20estate.

Further reading

• 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.