Biographical Category: Military

Cujo

Cudjo Banquante (c. 1720s – 1823) Enslaved African, Continental Soldier, and Newark’s First Black Businessman Early Life and Capture Cudjo Banquante was born in the 1720s on the Gold Coast

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Marquis de Lafayette

Quick facts Introduction Marie-Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette, was born in 1757 at the chateau of Chavaniac in Auvergne, France. His father was killed at

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