Buffalo’s First Resident Joseph Hodge — Buffalo Black History Minute

Joseph Hodge was the first non-Native American settler in the Buffalo area. After escaping slavery in the mid 1700s, Hodge married into the Seneca tribe. He and his wife operated a fur trading post, and he often worked as an interpreter.

To learn more about this moment in Black History, watch the clip below, brought to you by WBLK.

Contributed by Katherine Trautwein