Joseph Clark

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Identifier
NJS-PER-02511
Given Name
Joseph
Family Name
Clark
Sex
Male
Occupation
Maritime
Biographical Description
Joseph Clark was an enslaver and a sea captain in charge of the brig Friendship that sailed between the Caribbean island of Montserrat and New York City in the early 19th century. He was a business associate of Robert Lenox (a New York merchant who was a trustee of Princeton University, then called the College of New Jersey).

Not to be confused with the Rev. Joseph Clark (1751-1813) (Identifier NJS-PER-00021), who was a Presbyterian minister in New Jersey.
Keywords
white person
enslaver
Places
Montserrat, West Indies (Caribbean)
New York City, New York
Enslaver of
Abraham Sherrit (b. 1794)
Related Person
Robert Lenox
Record Contributor
Kayra Guven
Princeton & Slavery Project
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