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Peter Salem was born into bondage in Massachusetts, a man owned, unnamed, unsee… |
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He was owned first by Jeremiah Belknap, then sold to Major Lawson Buckminster. … |
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Newly emancipated, Peter Salem enlisted. He took up a musket—not for ceremony… |
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Then came Bunker Hill. June 17, 1775. The British charged in tight, red lines�… |
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@Deglassco More on fall-out from Bunker Hill: https://inaniludibrio.com/2024/02… |
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He fired. Pitcairn fell. A Black soldier had struck down a British officer at o… |
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Still—he was there. In John Trumbull’s famous painting of Bunker Hill, a Bl… |
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And he kept fighting. He reenlisted. Served in the 4th Continental, then the 6t… |
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He fought in silence. In smoke. In hunger. He served longer than many who were … |
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And when the war ended—when Washington was hailed, when Congress gave thanks,… |
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They buried him in a pauper’s grave. No marker. No words. The man who may hav… |
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@Deglassco Sadly, unless you've got an "in" with those in power, … |
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Only in 1882—sixty-six years too late—did Framingham raise a monument at hi… |
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Peter Salem’s life was not legend. It was fact. A man born enslaved, who help… |
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SourcesBailey, Sarah Loring. Historical Sketches of Andover, Massachusetts. Bos… |
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Sources ContinuedDavis, John. An Oration, Pronounced at Worcester, (Mass.) on t… |
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More Sources Lanning, Michael. Defenders of Liberty: African Americans in the R… |
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Still more SourcesNell, William. Colored Patriots of the Revolutionary War. Bos… |
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More Sources Stewart, Nikita. “Why Can’t We Teach This.” The New York Tim… |
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Final SourcesWeiss, John. The Life and Correspondence of Theodore Parker. Londo… |
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@Deglassco This is the first I've heard of this man. Than you so much for p… |
