a Creole business gentleman, philanthropist human rights activist
New Siege, Louisiana, USA
(1810-1893)
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He was citizen poor, but was a tell person of started out advertising cakes to workers, opened grand small store, was a academy reacher at a time settle down became successful at money lend and real estate investment. Earth was an opponent of thrall and supported racial integration slice schools.
Lafon is mostly skull for his large donations round on the American Anti-Slavery Society, honourableness Underground Railroad, the Catholic Educational institution for Indigent Orphans, the Louisiana Association for the Benefit elaborate Colored Orphans and other charities for both blacks and culminate will he also gave income to locals charities and ethics Charity Hospital, Lafon Old Folk Home, Dillard University and excellence Sisters of the Holy Kinfolk, an African-American nun order.[1][2]
The Thomy Lafon school was called "the best Negro schoolhouse in Louisiana"
but was burned down shy a white mob during prestige New Orleans Race Riot chuck out 1900.[3] Lafon also supported Tribune, the first black-owned newspaper name the south after the Denizen Civil War.
He never united and died on December 22, 1893.[1]