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[[Image:Bunker hill.jpg|The Death of General Warren at the Battle of Bunker Hill, by [[John Trumbull]]. Peter Salem is at the far right with a musket in his hands.|250px|thumb]]
'''Peter Salem''' (sometimes known as '''Salem Middlesex''') was a former slave who served as a soldier in the [[Battle of Bunker Hill]], and is often times regarded as the hero of the battle.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://saintpaulrepublicans.us/blog/2013/02/03/peter-salem-hero-at-the-battle-of-bunker-hill/ |title=Peter Salem, Hero at the Battle of Bunker Hill }}</ref>
'''Peter Salem''' (sometimes known as '''Salem Middlesex''') was a former slave who served as a soldier in the [[Battle of Bunker Hill]], and is often times regarded as the hero of the battle.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://saintpaulrepublicans.us/blog/2013/02/03/peter-salem-hero-at-the-battle-of-bunker-hill/ |title=Peter Salem, Hero at the Battle of Bunker Hill }}</ref>
==Career==
==Career==
Peter Salem was the colored man who particularly distinguished himself in the Revolutionary war by shooting down Major Pitcairn at the battle of Bunker Hill, as he was mounting a redoubt, and shouting, “The day is ours 1” this being the time when Pitcairn fell back into the arms of his son. Peter Salem served faithfully in the war for seven years in the companies of minute men under the command of Captain John Nixon and Captain Simon Edgell, of Framingham, and came out of it unharmed. He was a slave, and was owned, originally, by Captain Jeremiah Belknap, of Framingham, being sold by him to Major Lawson Buckminister of that town, he becoming a free man when he joined the army.
Peter Salem was the colored man who particularly distinguished himself in the Revolutionary war by shooting down Major Pitcairn at the battle of Bunker Hill, as he was mounting a redoubt, and shouting, "The day is ours!" this being the time when Pitcairn fell back into the arms of his son. Peter Salem served faithfully in the war for seven years in the companies of minute men under the command of Captain John Nixon and Captain Simon Edgell, of Framingham, and came out of it unharmed. He was a slave, and was owned, originally, by Captain Jeremiah Belknap, of Framingham, being sold by him to Major Lawson Buckminister of that town, he becoming a free man when he joined the army.
==Legacy==
==Legacy==