Peter Salem was a legendary soldier of the American Revolutionary War. At the height of the war on Bunker Hill, Salem killed British Major John Pitcairn. When Pitcairn asked Salem and the rest of the colonists to surrender, Salem opened fire on the major. Pitcairn later died of his injuries. Salem was born a slave […]

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