Draft:Abrams L. Lewis
Abrams Lewis Abrams Lincoln Lewis
Abrams Lincoln Lewis was a businessman and philanthropist in Florida. He was born in Madison, Florida in 1865. He moved with his family Jacksonville and worked as a water boy in a lumber mill. He rose to the position of foreman and acquired a stake in a shoe store. He was a co-founder of the Afro-American Life Insurance Company. Wilberforce University awarded him an honorary degree in 1936.[1]
Further reading[edit]
- Twelve Black Floridians by Leedell W. Neyland Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University Foundation, Tallahassee (1970)
References[edit]
- ^ African Americans in Floirda by Maxine D. Jones and [[Kevin M. McCarthy Pineapple Press 1993 pages 64 and 65