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Salem Poor was born in 1747 into slavery on a farm in Andover in the Province of Massachusetts Bay. [1] The farm was owned by John Poor and Rebecca Poor and his son John Poor Jr. [2] His first name may be derived from the Arabic word "salaam", meaning peace. [3] Other sources explain that his name may have been derived from his place of birth.
Sarah Solart was born in 1653, the daughter of a well-to-do tavern owner in Wenham, Massachusetts named John Solart. In 1672, when she was 17 years old, her father committed suicide.
The Battle of Bunker Hill also had African-American soldiers fighting along with white Patriots, such as Peter Salem; [14] Salem Poor, Barzillai Lew, Blaney Grusha, [citation needed] Titus Coburn, Alexander Ames, Cato Howe, and Seymour Burr. Many African Americans, both enslaved and free, wanted to join with the Patriots.
During the assault on Breed's Hill, he reportedly sustained a large gunshot wound on his right thigh from a black militiaman named Salem Poor, although there is a high probability that friendly fire caused the wound. [citation needed] Abercrombie was evacuated back to Boston and treated in the city's army hospital.
The Bunker Hill Monument in Charlestown marks the site of the Battle of Bunker Hill, in which a number of African Americans fought, including Peter Salem, Salem Poor, and Seymour Burr. [11] African Meeting House
Ames supported the abolition of slavery in Massachusetts in the early 1780s, and advocated all newly independent states outlaw slavery in the aftermath of the American Revolution. He was a personal acquaintance of Bunker Hill veterans Peter Salem and Salem Poor, which may have influenced his antislavery views as well. [16]
Guitarist Freddie Salem, who was best known for his tenure with the Southern rock band Outlaws, has died. He was 70. Salem died of complications due to cancer, Outlaws announced in a Facebook post ...
Barzillai Lew's story began with Primus Lew of Groton, Massachusetts (a former servant of Captain Matthew Bonner), and Margret Lew (a former servant of Samuel Scripture). ). As free blacks, Primus and Margret Lew married in 1742 and they had two sons and two daught