By: Leon Kwasi Kuntuo-Asare Early Life and Slavery Salem Poor was born into the brutal world of slavery around 1747 in Andover, Massachusetts. However,  on July 21, 1774, he was able  to buy his freedom from his enslavers for £27, a lot of money at the time, especially for an enslaved Black person. The fact … Continue reading Black History Spotlight: Salem Poor- A Slave who Became a Freedman, Who Became An American Revolutionary War Hero