Genny

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Identifier
NJS-PER-02418
Given Name
Genny
Sex
Female
Biographical Description
Genny was a Black woman or girl who lived in Elizabethtown (now Elizabeth). She was enslaved by Richard Scudder who sold her to Jonathan Dickinson (the future president of Princeton University) in 1733.
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African descent person
Princeton University history
Places
Elizabeth (formerly Elizabethtown)
Enslaved by
Jonathan Dickinson (1688-1747)
Richard Scudder (1703-1785)
Record Contributor
Jesse Bayker
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