Crispus Attucks
Crispus Attucks, (born 1723?—died March 5, 1770, Boston, Mass. [U.S.]) American hero and martyr of the Boston Massacre.Attucks' life prior to the day of his death is still shrouded in mystery. Most historians say that he was black; others argue that his ancestry was both African and Natick Indian. In any event, in the fall of 1750, a resident of Framingham, Mass., advertised for the recovery of a runaway slave named Crispus—usually thought to be the Crispus in question. In the 20-year interval between his escape from slavery and his death at the hands of British soldiers, Attucks probably spent a good deal of time aboard whaling ships.
All that is definitely known about him concerns the Boston Massacre on March 5, 1770. Toward evening that day, a crowd of colonists gathered and began taunting a small group of British soldiers. Tension mounted rapidly, and when one of the soldiers was struck the others fired their muskets, killing three of the Americans instantly and mortally wounding two others. Attucks was the first to fall, thus becoming one of the first men to lose his life in the cause of American independence. His body was carried to Faneuil Hall, where it lay in state until March 8, when all five victims were buried in a common grave. Attucks was the only victim of the Boston Massacre whose name was widely remembered. In 1888 the Crispus Attucks monument was unveiled in the Boston Common.
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His father, Prince, lived in Africa but was shipped to New England to become a slave. There he married a Natick Indian of North America named Nancy. His sister, Phebe, was born shortly after. He was born two years later. He had a younger brother who died young.
He began to desire his freedom and became a problem, so his master sold him.
e lead a small group on an attack on the British soldiers. while this was happening someone yelled "fire" and the British soldiers shot and killed Attucks. after the shoting there were four other men dead, but out of the five who died Attucks was the one who was remembered.
Crispus Attucks was born in 1723 and died on March 5,m 1770 a American hero and martyr of the Boston Massacre.
Martin Luther King, Jr. referred to Crispus Attucks in the introduction of Why We Can't Wait as a specific example of a man whose contribution to history has been overlooked by standard histories.
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Crispus Attucks lead a small group on an attack on the British soldiers.while this was happening someone yelled "fire" and the British soldiers shot and killed Attucks.
He lead a small group to attack the british soldiers. during all this somebody yelled fire and the british soldiers shot attucks. after all the shooting there was four other people dead, out of the five who were dead attucks was the one who was remembered.
Crispus Attucks was the first of five men to die in the Boston massacre. He was a runaway slave turned sailor. His death will forever link his name with the cause of freedom.
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Crispus Attucks was the first of five men to die in the Boston Massacre. He led a small group to attack British soldiers. During this Attucks yelled "fire" and British soldiers shot and killed Atticus. He died on March 5, 1770.
Supposedly Attucks was a real crazy dude. He was described as having a threatening apperance and mad behaviors, and according to the weekly journal his knees were closer together than normal (sounds like a regular freak show to me). Aside form his bizare physical qualities he was incredibly loyal, brave and patriotic at heart and in mind. He died at age 27 fighting in the Boston massacare.
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In 1770, Crispus became the first casualty of the American Revolution when he was shot and killed in what became known as the Boston Massacre. Although Attucks was credited as the leader and instigator of the event, debate raged for over as century as to whether he was a hero and a patriot, or a rabble-rousing villain. In the murder trial of the soldiers who fired the fatal shots, John Adams, serving as a lawyer for the crown, reviled the "mad behavior" of Attucks, "whose very looks was enough to terrify any person."
A "Crispus Attucks Day" was inaugurated by black abolitionists in 1858, and in 1888, the Crispus Attucks Monument was erected on the Boston Common, despite the opposition of the Massachusetts Historical Society and the New England Historic Genealogical Society, which regarded Attucks as a villain.
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omg how cool
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