Peter Saleem

From Mw

postage stamp depicting peter salam

History of Islam In America
The Beginnings	1312–1600
Native Americans and Islam	1300–1900
Muslims First Journey To America	1312 CE (711 AH)
Christopher Columbus	1492 CE (897 AH)
Estevanico	1538 CE (944 AH)
Slavery in the Americaas	1538 CE (944 AH)
Melungeons	1600 CE (1008 AH)
Blackamoor	1639 CE (1048 AH)
Islam In America 18th Century	1700–1799
Mahomet Weyonomon	1708 CE (1119 AH)
Lamine Jay	1730 CE (1142 AH)
Job Ben Solomon Jallo	1730 CE (1142 AH)
Abel Conder	1753 CE (1166 AH)
Kunta Kinte	1767 CE (1180 AH)
Runaway Slaves	1769–1790
Peter Saleem	1775 CE (1188 AH)
Ibrahim Abd ar-Rahman	1788 CE (1202 AH)
Yusef Ben Ali	1790 CE (1204 AH)
Islam In America 19th Century	1800–1899
Salih Bilali	1803 CE (1217 AH)
Yarrow Mamout	1807 CE (1221 AH)
Abraham of the Micanopy Indian Tribe	1812 CE (1226 AH)
Umar ibn Said	1770–1864
Lamine Kebe	1835 CE (1250 AH)
Islam In America 20th Century	1900–1999
Islam In America 21st Century	2000–Present

It is recorded that a Peter Salem (Saleem) in 17^th June 1775 (17^th Rabbi al-Thanni 1189) fought at the Battle of Bunker Hill. He was an african america. Acording to one story, the colonial troops were near defeat, and the British Major John Pitcarn ordered them to surrender. Salem then stepped forward and Shot Pitcairn.

Salem was awaded and honored for bravery for fighting in the Revolutionary War, and he also fought at Lexington.

There are two versions of the origins of how Peter, who was known as Peter Buckminster after his owner. The first is that Lawson Buckminster named him after a town called salem in Massachusits The second is that Peter choose the name Salem after he won his freedom from enslavement by Lawson Buckminster. He was awarded freedom in exchange for enlisting in the army.

It is the second report that substantiates the claim that Peter was a Muslim African American

Peter entered the annals of history for his bravery by having a united states stamp depicting his bravery at the battle of Bunker Hill