Abraham Lincoln Lewis

Abraham Lincoln Lewis (1865–1947) was an influential American businessman who founded the Afro-American Life Insurance Company in Jacksonville, Florida and became the state's first African-American millionaire. He also founded the National Register-listed community of American Beach, founded as a prestigious vacation spot for African Americans during the period of racial segregation.

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