As the first Jewish officeholder in colonial America, Francis Salvador's journey from English aristocrat to American revolutionary martyr illuminates the expanding possibilities for religious minorities in the New World. Born into England's preeminent Sephardic Jewish family in 1738, Salvador abandoned his privileged London life after devastating financial losses in the Dutch East India Company's 1765 collapse, emigrating to South Carolina in 1773 to oversee family landholdings. Historical documents and contemporary accounts reveal how Salvador, despite his recent arrival and foreign status, rapidly embraced the Whig cause and secured election to South Carolina's Provincial Congress in 1775—notably serving without taking a Christian oath. His revolutionary contributions proved substantial: negotiating neutrality treaties with Tories and Cherokee Indians, wielding financial authority as a commissioner, and engaging in military operations. Salvador's ultimate sacrifice came in July 1776, when he fell in combat against Cherokee forces while serving as adjutant to Major Williamson. His swift allegiance to American independence appears partly motivated by his family's traumatic experience during Britain's 1753 "Jew Bill" controversy, which had starkly exposed the limits of Jewish acceptance in English society. Salvador's remarkable career demonstrates how revolutionary America offered opportunities for religious minorities that remained elusive in contemporary England.