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Cudjo Bakwante: How an enslaved royal from Ghana became Newark’s 1st Black business owner
His Ghanaian biographer Kofi Ayim describes his story as “one of extraordinary resilience, courage, and enduring legacy.” A product of the trans-Atlantic slave trade, Jack Cudjoe or Cudjo Bakwante (sometimes spelled Banquante) is descended from royalty, and was sold from his native land, now known as Ghana, to become enslaved in New Jersey. Born around…
