PETER SALEM

By : Natya Kaiser

Summary of Peter Salem Life

Peter Salem was an African American who served as a solider in the American Revolutionary War. He was born in Framingham, Massachusetts, a slave of Jeremiah.

The Role Peter Salem Played In The Revolutionary War

Salem was a slave and had been given his freedom in exchange for enlisting in the provincial army.

Did Peter Salem Survive the War

Peter did survive the war but at the end of the war he died in a public poor house in 1816.

This Is a Picture Of A Public Poor House

My Opinion Of Peter Salem Peter Salem was a brave man. Salem

Became a minuteman hero, he fought at Concord, Massachusetts, a week later, he enlisted in colonel Nixon's Fifth Massachusetts Regiment, then he served in captain Drury’s company and fought with Drury at the Battle of Bunker Hill.

Loyalist or Patriot Peter was a patriot because he fought

against the British during the Battle of Bunker hill.

2 Additional Facts About Peter Salem

Peter got his name from Jeremiah Belknap (his owner), who is believed to have named him for his own earlier residence in Salem, Massachusetts.

Salem was sold to Major Lawson Buckminster around 1775.

Lawson BuckminsterJeremiah Belknap

The Most Interesting Thing I Found About Peter Salem

Salem was well liked in the community and was popular among the children whom he used to regale with stories about war, but never prospered and was reduced in young age to seeking chevity.

Patriots Of Color : Peter Salem https://www.youtube.com/watch?

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