Revolutionary War Project

*Peter Salem

Summary Of Peter Salem’s Life

* Peter Salem was an african american who served as a soldier in the american revolutionary war. He was born in framingham, massachusetts. He was a slave of Jeremiah Belknap. Peter was sold to lawson Buckminster, and was given freedom to enlist in the continental army.

Role in the Revolutionary war:

* He was a soldier in the continental army. In the revolutionary war he was a minuteman. He was known for killing British marine major John Pitcairn in the battle of bunker hill.

Loyalist or Patriot?

* Peter Salem was a patriot because he fought in the revolutionary war against Britain for freedom and peace

Did he Survive the revolutionary war?

* He did survive the revolutionary war. After the war he married a woman named Katy Benson. They soon moved to Salem, Massachusetts. On August 16, 1816 at the age of 66, he died in the poor house at Framingham.

My opinion of this person:

* My opinion of this person is that he was a confident and intelligent man because he fought for freedom from the British in the revolutionary war and put his life on the line doing it.

Two additional Facts about this figure:

Peter Salem had no children. After the war he worked as a cane weaver near Leicester, Ma

Most interesting thing about this figure:

Every race of black and white appreciated Peter Salem as if he was a white king because of the partnership and victory of the revolutionary war. Years later after his death, his home was turned into a historical monument.