What was the ethnicity of the man who paid for the Kent Free library?
Andrew Carnegie Andrew Carnegie ( , but commonly or ; November 25, 1835August 11, 1919) was a Scottish-American industrialist.
Thomy Lafon Thomy Lafon (1810-1893) was a Creole businessman, philanthropist and human rights activist in New Orleans, Louisiana, USA. He was born poor, on 28 December 1810, as a free person of color. He started out selling cakes to workers, opened a small store, was a school teacher for a time, and became successful at money lending and real estate investment. He was an opponent of slavery and supported racial integration in schools. Lafon is mostly known for his large donations to the American Anti-Slavery Society, the Underground Railroad, the Catholic School for Indigent Orphans, the Louisiana Association for the Benefit of Colored Orphans, and other charities for both blacks and whites.