Battle of Bunker Hill

GOOD MORNING P.O.U.! We continue our look at African Americans in the American Revolution with...   Salem Poor   Born into slavery in Andover, Massachusetts, Salem Poor managed to buy his freedom in 1769 for £27. Poor soon married a free African American woman named Nancy. In 1775, he enlisted in the militia, serving under Captain Benjamin Ames in Colonel James … [Read more...] about Thursday Open Thread: African Americans in the American Revolution