Crispus Attucks
✓ Source-basedstableAfrican American/Native American, first victim of the Boston Massacre
Lived 1723 to 1770 · aged 47
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Crispus Attucks was an American whaler, sailor, and stevedore of African American and Native American descent who is traditionally regarded as the first person killed in the Boston massacre, and as a result the first American killed in the American Revolution.
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![This 19th-century lithograph is a variation of the famous engraving of the Boston massacre by Paul Revere. Produced soon before the American Civil War and long after the event depicted, this image emphasizes Crispus Attucks, who had become a symbol for abolitionists. (John Bufford after William L. Champey, c. 1856)[31]](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/29/William_L._Champney_The_Boston_Massacre%2C_March_5%2C_1770_%28cropped%29.jpg/500px-William_L._Champney_The_Boston_Massacre%2C_March_5%2C_1770_%28cropped%29.jpg)
This 19th-century lithograph is a variation of the famous engraving of the Boston massacre by Paul Revere. Produced soon before the American Civil War and long after the event depicted, this image emphasizes Crispus Attucks, who had become a symbol for abolitionists. (John Bufford after William L. Champey, c. 1856)[31]
Boston Gazette newspaper report, March 12, 1770, four days after the funeral. The illustration of the coffins shows the initials of the four victims buried March 8.
Crispus Attucks' grave in the Granary Burying Ground
Crispus Attucks Middle School, Sunnyside, Houston, TexasAbout this person
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1723 to 1770 · aged 47
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