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'''Peter Salem''' (October 1, 1750 – August 16, 1816)<ref name=birthday>[http://www.blackpast.org/aah/salem-peter-ca-1750-1816 BlackPast.org] "Salem, Peter"</ref> was an [[African-Americans|African-American]] from Massachusetts who served as a U.S. soldier in the [[American Revolutionary War]]. Born into slavery in [[Framingham, Massachusetts|Framingham]], he was freed by a later master, Major Lawson Buckminster, to serve in the local militia. He then enlisted in the [[Continental Army]], serving for nearly five years during the war. Afterwards, he married and worked as a cane weaver. A monument was erected to him in the late 19th century at his grave in Framingham. |
'''Peter Salem''' (October 1, 1750 – August 16, 1816)<ref name=birthday>[http://www.blackpast.org/aah/salem-peter-ca-1750-1816 BlackPast.org] "Salem, Peter"</ref> was an [[African-Americans|African-American]] from Massachusetts who served as a U.S. soldier in the [[American Revolutionary War]]. Born into slavery in [[Framingham, Massachusetts|Framingham]], he was freed by a later master, Major Lawson Buckminster, to serve in the local militia. He then enlisted in the [[Continental Army]], serving for nearly five years during the war. Afterwards, he married and worked as a cane weaver. A monument was erected to him in the late 19th century at his grave in Framingham. |
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Peter Salem was born on October 1, 1750, to an enslaved mother in [[Framingham, Massachusetts|Framingham]], [[Province of Massachusetts Bay]].<ref name=location>[https://nmaahc.si.edu/blog/peter-salem-and-battle-bunker-hill Smithsonian NMAAHC]</ref><ref>[http://www.celebrateboston.com/biography/peter-salem.htm Celebrate Boston] "Peter Salem"</ref> His enslaver was Jeremiah Belknap,<ref name=belknap> [http://www.anb.org/view/10.1093/anb/9780198606697.001.0001/anb-9780198606697-e-0600893 American National Biography] "Salem, Peter"</ref> who later sold him to Major Lawson Buckminster.<ref name=belknap/> When Buckminster became a major in the [[Continental Army]], he [[Emancipation|emancipated]] Salem in 1775 so he could enlist in the Massachusetts militia in what soon became the [[American Revolutionary War|Revolutionary War]].<ref name=ANB/><ref>{{ cite book |access-date=2013-08-13 |page=[https://archive.org/details/ahistoryframing00barrgoog/page/n167 160] |url=https://archive.org/details/ahistoryframing00barrgoog |quote=Peter Salem. |title=A History of Framingham, Massachusetts: Including the Plantation, from 1640 to the Present Time, with an Appendix, Containing a Notice of Sudbury and Its First Proprietors; Also, a Register of the Inhabitants of Framingham Before 1800, with Genealogical Sketches |year=1847 |location=Framingham, Massachusetts |publisher=J. Monroe and Company |first=William |last=Barry}}</ref> |
Peter Salem was born on October 1, 1750, to an enslaved mother in [[Framingham, Massachusetts|Framingham]], [[Province of Massachusetts Bay]].<ref name=location>[https://nmaahc.si.edu/blog/peter-salem-and-battle-bunker-hill Smithsonian NMAAHC]</ref><ref>[http://www.celebrateboston.com/biography/peter-salem.htm Celebrate Boston] "Peter Salem"</ref> His enslaver was Jeremiah Belknap,<ref name=belknap> [http://www.anb.org/view/10.1093/anb/9780198606697.001.0001/anb-9780198606697-e-0600893 American National Biography] "Salem, Peter"</ref> who later sold him to Major Lawson Buckminster.<ref name=belknap/> When Buckminster became a major in the [[Continental Army]], he [[Emancipation|emancipated]] Salem in 1775 so he could enlist in the Massachusetts militia in what soon became the [[American Revolutionary War|Revolutionary War]].<ref name=ANB/><ref>{{ cite book |access-date=2013-08-13 |page=[https://archive.org/details/ahistoryframing00barrgoog/page/n167 160] |url=https://archive.org/details/ahistoryframing00barrgoog |quote=Peter Salem. |title=A History of Framingham, Massachusetts: Including the Plantation, from 1640 to the Present Time, with an Appendix, Containing a Notice of Sudbury and Its First Proprietors; Also, a Register of the Inhabitants of Framingham Before 1800, with Genealogical Sketches |year=1847 |location=Framingham, Massachusetts |publisher=J. Monroe and Company |first=William |last=Barry}}</ref> |
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