Honoring Cudjo Banquante

  Enslaved Revolutionary War soldier, Cudjo Banquante was emancipated for his military service. The Coe family gave him land in Newark on which he established a nursery selling ornamental plants. Cudjo was the first African American businessperson in Newark. For more information about Cudjo Banquante’s life, go to the website of the New Jersey Historical Society: www.jerseyhistory.org/cudjo/

Click here for the schedule of public events–exhibits, workshops, films, performances, tours–at arts and culture institutions across Newark for a full week.