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Peter Salem

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.

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Peter Salem

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  1. Peter Salem By : Natya Kaiser

  2. 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.

  3. 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.

  4. 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

  5. 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.

  6. Loyalist or Patriot • Peter was a patriot because he fought against the British during the Battle of Bunker hill.

  7. 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 Buckminster Jeremiah Belknap

  8. 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.

  9. Patriots Of Color : Peter Salem • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nh4oV69wxGA

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