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March 5, 1770 (approximately aged 47) Boston, Massachusetts Bay, British America. Occupation (s) Whaler, sailor, stevedore [1] Known for. Death in the Boston Massacre. Crispus Attucks ( c. 1723 – March 5, 1770) was an American whaler, sailor, and stevedore of African and Native American descent who is traditionally regarded as the first ...
Boston, Massachusetts, United States. Coordinates. 42°21′15″N 71°03′52″W / . 42.354284°N 71.064412°W. / 42.354284; -71.064412. The Boston Massacre Monument, also known as the Crispus Attucks Monument and Victory, is an outdoor bronze memorial by Adolph Robert Kraus, installed in Boston Common, in Boston, Massachusetts, United ...
The Boston Massacre (known in Great Britain as the Incident on King Street [1]) was a confrontation in Boston on March 5, 1770, in which nine British soldiers shot several of a crowd of three or four hundred who were harassing them verbally and throwing various projectiles. The event was heavily publicized as "a massacre" by leading Patriots ...
This 1897 image shows the death of Crispus Attucks in the Boston Massacre in 1770. About 160 years later – in 1931 - a new social, educational and recreational center for Black people in York ...
Black Boston Highlights (1638–1909) Year Image Event 1638 First enslaved Africans brought to Boston aboard the slave ship Desire. 1641 Massachusetts enacted Body of Liberties defining legal slavery in the colony. 1770 In 1770, Crispus Attucks, an escaped slave, was the first colonist killed in Boston Massacre. He was a national symbol of ...
The first chapter focuses on Massachusetts patriots, such as Crispus Attucks who is considered the first casualty of the American Revolution. As well as the African-Americans on Bunker Hill; such as Seymour Burr, Jeremy Jonah, James and Hosea Easton, Job Lewis, Jack Grove, Bosson Wright, and Phillis Wheatley.
William Cooper Nell (December 16, 1816 – May 25, 1874) was an American abolitionist, journalist, publisher, author, and civil servant of Boston, Massachusetts, who worked for the integration of schools and public facilities in the state. Writing for abolitionist newspapers The Liberator and The North Star, he helped publicize the anti-slavery ...
Crispus Attucks [1] Date. 5 March 1770. Location (s) Boston, Massachusetts. Weapons. Flintlock musket. Private Hugh Montgomery ( fl. 1770) was an Irish [2] soldier who served in the 29th Regiment of Foot and was present at the Boston Massacre, for which he was found guilty of the manslaughter of one of the five fatalities, Crispus Attucks. [1]