Aaron Albert Mossell Jr. (LL.B. 1888) was the first African American to graduate from the University of Pennsylvania Law School. He was born to Aaron Albert Mossell Sr. and Eliza Bowers in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. After the American Civil War, the Mossell family moved to Lockport, New York, and were involved in the desegregation of the Lockport school system.
Like his older brothers, Charles and Nathan, Aaron attended Lincoln University, graduating in 1885. He earned his degree from Penn Law School in 1888, writing a thesis on the unconstitutionality of laws against miscegenation. In 1890, he married Mary Louise Tanner; they had three children together. Aaron practiced law in Lockport and Philadelphia before leaving his family behind in Philadelphia in 1899. He moved to Great Britain, where his father's obituary says he was working as a mining engineer. He died in Cardiff, Wales, in 1951.
Like his older brothers, Charles and Nathan, Aaron attended Lincoln University, graduating in 1885. He earned his degree from Penn Law School in 1888, writing a thesis on the unconstitutionality of laws against miscegenation. In 1890, he married Mary Louise Tanner; they had three children together. Aaron practiced law in Lockport and Philadelphia before leaving his family behind in Philadelphia in 1899. He moved to Great Britain, where his father's obituary says he was working as a mining engineer. He died in Cardiff, Wales, in 1951.
Aaron Albert Mossell Jr. (LL.B. 1888) was the first African American to graduate from the University of Pennsylvania Law School. He was born to Aaron Albert Mossell Sr. and Eliza Bowers in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. After the American Civil War, the Mossell family moved to Lockport, New York, and were involved in the desegregation of the Lockport school system.
Like his older brothers, Charles and Nathan, Aaron attended Lincoln University, graduating in 1885. He earned his degree from Penn Law School in 1888, writing a thesis on the unconstitutionality of laws against miscegenation. In 1890, he married Mary Louise Tanner; they had three children together. Aaron practiced law in Lockport and Philadelphia before leaving his family behind in Philadelphia in 1899. He moved to Great Britain, where his father's obituary says he was working as a mining engineer. He died in Cardiff, Wales, in 1951.
Like his older brothers, Charles and Nathan, Aaron attended Lincoln University, graduating in 1885. He earned his degree from Penn Law School in 1888, writing a thesis on the unconstitutionality of laws against miscegenation. In 1890, he married Mary Louise Tanner; they had three children together. Aaron practiced law in Lockport and Philadelphia before leaving his family behind in Philadelphia in 1899. He moved to Great Britain, where his father's obituary says he was working as a mining engineer. He died in Cardiff, Wales, in 1951.
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