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CUDJO BANQUANTE

Program
DAR Revolutionary America
Subject
Cemetery, People
Location
1 Center St, Newark, NJ 07102, USA
Lat/Long
40.739624000675, -74.167093696661
Grant Recipient
NSDAR - Treasurer General
Historic Marker

CUDJO BANQUANTE

Inscription

CUDJO BANQUANTE
EARLY BLACK BUSINESS OWNER
GRANTED FREEDOM & LAND
FOR SERVICE AS A SUBSTITUTE
SOLDIER WHEN ENSLAVED.
BURIED NEAR HERE 5 MARCH 1823.
MORRISTOWN CHAPTER NSDAR
WILLIAM G. POMEROY FOUNDATION 2024