Lafayette Robinson was a bank cashier who served as a delegate to Alabama's 1867 Constitutional Convention representing

Madison County, Alabama Madison County is located in the north central portion of the U.S. state of Alabama. As of the 2020 Census, the population was 388,153, making it the third-most populous county in Alabama. Its county seat is Huntsville. Since the mid-20th centu ...

. He also served on the Huntsville School Board. He worked at the

Freedman's Savings Bank The Freedman's Saving and Trust Company, known as the Freedman's Savings Bank, was a private savings bank chartered by the U.S. Congress on March 3, 1865, to collect deposits from the newly emancipated communities. The bank opened 37 branches acro ...

in Huntsville. Lafayette's father, John Robinson, was enslaved prior to 1828 when he was manumitted by the state legislature. In 1830 the legislature allowed him to free his wife and their two children, one of whom was Lafayette Robinson. Lafayette Robinson left Alabama during the American Civil War to avoid conscription in the Confederate Army. He,

Andrew J. Applegate Andrew J. Applegate (October 14, 1833 – August 21, 1870) was a lawyer, officer in the Union Army during the American Civil War, and served as the first Lieutenant Governor of Alabama during Reconstruction. A Republican, Applegate served with ...

, and

Columbus Jones Columbus Jones (died 1869) was an American politician who was a delegate at Alabama's 1867 Constitutional Convention and served as state legislator representing Madison County, Alabama. He served in the Alabama House of Representatives and died wh ...

appeared on an 1867 "Republican Union" ticket as delegate candidates for the Alabama Constitutional Convention. They were elected. A panic caused Freedman's Savings Bank to fail costing African American depositors.

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