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Albro Lyons Sr. was a New Yorker of mixed heritage who advocated for educational opportunities and worked to free slaves. There is a double ambrotype of he and his wife, Mary. His daughter Maritcha Remond Lyons wrote a memoir about the family.

His boarding house for seamen was an important stop on the Underground Railroad. He was a member of the New York African Society for Mutual Relief.

His son Albro Lyons Jr. lived from 1854 until 1906.

References

1. "Black Activists of 19th Century New York". Museum of the City of New York.
2. "Black Gotham Archive | Double ambrotype portrait of Albro Lyons, Sr. And Mary Joseph Lyons".
3. Smith, Jessie Carney; Phelps, Shirelle (1992). Notable Black American Women. ISBN 9780810391772.
4. Wilder, Craig Steven (5 July 2000). A Covenant with Color: Race and Social Power in Brooklyn 1636-1990. ISBN 9780231506632.

• Underground Railroad people
• 19th-century American people