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Crispus Attucks

c. 1723 – 1770

Massachusetts, North America

A sailor of African and Indigenous descent, Attucks was killed by British soldiers in the Boston Massacre on March 5, 1770, and was later honored by abolitionists as the Revolution's first martyr.

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Paul Revere's 1770 engraving 'The Bloody Massacre' depicting the Boston Massacre, Library of Congress
Credit: Paul Revere, engraver; Library of Congress. License: Public domain.

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  1. National Park Service, "Crispus Attucks" (Primary source)
  2. The Henry Ford, "Crispus Attucks and Evolving Perceptions of the Boston Massacre" (Reference)

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