Question

First African American elected to public office in America. Fought in the Battle of Saratoga during the Revolutionary War. Rode with Paul Revere to Portsmouth, New Hampshire to warn the town that the British were coming.

Answer 1

Wentworth Cheswell

Explanation:

Wentworth Cheswell was the first African American to hold public office in America. His father was black and his mother white. In 1774, as was elected as town messenger, where he rode with Paul Revere to alert Portsmouth residents, New Hampshire about two British ships. As the war broke out between the colonists and British in America, he joined the army and served as a private in Colonel John Langdon’s company and fought at the Battle of Saratoga.