Joseph Scudder
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This white person has 2 related events in the database, listed at the bottom of this page.
- Identifier
- NJS-PER-02405
- Given Name
- Joseph
- Family Name
- Scudder
- Sex
- Male
- Occupation
- Government
- Biographical Description
- Joseph Scudder was an enslaver in Maidenhead, Hunterdon County (present-day Lawrence, Mercer County). In the early 19th century, he served as one of the Overseers of the Poor of Maidenhead Township.
- Keywords
- white person
- enslaver
- government official
- Enslaver of
- Philip (b. 1787)
- Record Contributor
- Jesse Bayker
- Linked Sources
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Author:
- Overseers of the Poor of Maidenhead seek to bind out 6 abandoned Black children, by Joseph Scudder and Enoch Johnston (Overseers of the Poor of Maidenhead seek to bind out 6 abandoned Black children, by Joseph Scudder and Enoch Johnston, Trenton Federalist, July 10, 1809, p. 4.)
- Runaway ad for Philip, by Joseph Scudder (Runaway ad for Philip, by Joseph Scudder, "Twenty Dollars Reward," Trenton Federalist, March 20, 1809, p. 3.)
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Additional Participant in:
- 1809-03-11 Freedom Seeking: Philip (Role: Enslaver, Advertiser)
- 1809-06-19 Abandonment: 5 Black boys and 1 Black girl (Role: Overseer of the Poor)
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