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.