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Named after President Abraham Lincoln, A.L. was born March 29, 1865 in Madison County, Florida, only months after the president issued the Emancipation Proclamation. [1] [2] Although he was known to be bright and a "voracious reader," Lewis, whose formerly enslaved father was a blacksmith, dropped out of school in the sixth grade in order to contribute to the family income.
This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Cullman County, Alabama, United States. Latitude and longitude coordinates are provided for many National Register properties and districts; these locations may be seen together in a Google map. [1]
The mausoleum is the resting place of Abraham Lincoln Lewis (1865-1947), a Florida pioneer and prominent businessman in the African-American community. Lewis was co-founder of Afro-American Life, an early provider of insurance services to African-Americans.
American Beach was co-founded in 1935 by Florida's first black millionaire, Abraham Lincoln Lewis, and his Afro-American Life Insurance Company. [5] A. L. Lewis was one of the original founders of the Afro-American Life Insurance Company in 1901; with little education he became a world traveler, investor, philanthropist, and the first African-American millionaire in the state of Florida.
The Afro-American Life Insurance Company was a historic business based in Jacksonville, Florida. It was founded in 1901 by Abraham Lincoln Lewis and his business associates. [ 1 ] The company specialized in helping Black Americans obtain life insurance and mortgages.
USA Florida relief location map.jpg Module:Location map/data/USA Florida is a location map definition used to overlay markers and labels on an equirectangular projection map of Florida . The markers are placed by latitude and longitude coordinates on the default map or a similar map image.
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Equirectangular projection, WGS84 datum. Standard meridian: 083° 49' 30" W; Central parallel: 27° 45' N; Scale: 1:2,000,000 Geographic limits of the map: