Thomy Lafon was abolitionist, businessman, and a philanthropist who used his wealth to help the needy. Lafon was born a free person of color in New Orleans in the year 1810. His mother was a free woman of color born in Louisiana of a slave mother, and his father was a Frenchman who deserted the […]
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