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Who was the First African American To Be Killed In The Boston Massacre?
You're thinking of Crispus Attucs. He was a sailor. He was shot with two other americans. Although there is some question as to whether or not he was the first one shot but he was the first one to die; he died instantly, the others died the next day or so. There is also some question as to why the British soldiers fired. The way it is told, the British soldiers were being taunted and eventually were found not guilty. Thier lawyer was John Adams, who eventually became Washington's vice-president and then later the second president of the United States. The event was depicted in a famous engraving by Paul Revere and this is said to have instigated the Untied States in going to war with England.
Who are some famous people from the Boston Massacre?
Christopher (Crispus) Attucks, African-American sailor who was the first to fall. Attucks' past remains mysterious, but he likely escaped slavery around 1750 and spent the next twenty years working whaling ships. The only victim of the Boston Massacre whose name became widely known, Crispus Attucks was memorialized as the first hero of the American Revolution.
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When was Crispus born?
Crispus Attucks, the first casualty of the Boston Massacre, and to some the first casualty in the American Revolution was believed to be born in 1723. The exact date is unknown.
Who was the First African American To Be Killed In The Boston Massacre?
You're thinking of Crispus Attucs. He was a sailor. He was shot with two other americans. Although there is some question as to whether or not he was the first one shot but he was the first one to die; he died instantly, the others died the next day or so. There is also some question as to why the British soldiers fired. The way it is told, the British soldiers were being taunted and eventually were found not guilty. Thier lawyer was John Adams, who eventually became Washington's vice-president and then later the second president of the United States. The event was depicted in a famous engraving by Paul Revere and this is said to have instigated the Untied States in going to war with England.
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Who are some famous people from the Boston Massacre?
Christopher (Crispus) Attucks, African-American sailor who was the first to fall. Attucks' past remains mysterious, but he likely escaped slavery around 1750 and spent the next twenty years working whaling ships. The only victim of the Boston Massacre whose name became widely known, Crispus Attucks was memorialized as the first hero of the American Revolution.
Is Crispus Attucks black?
Crispus Attucks was a biracial African Native American person, sometimes called a 'Black Indian'. Contrary to popular beliefe Crispus Attucks was not simply black as people in his time and place defined it. Attucks was the product of the union of a African man who was an escaped slave and a woman of the woman Natick band of the Massachusett, Wampanoag Indians . (1,2)By the one drop rule used in today's world, African Americans claim him as just black.By the rules of matrilineal descent that the Indians of that region use Attucks would have been considered an Indian because he was the son of one of their women.Attucks may also have been some part white, in records from his time he is sometimes called a mulatto, but I can find no document to support that.The bottom line is that both African Americans and Native Americans can claim him as one of their own.(3)
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What race was Crispus Attucks?
Crispus Attucks was a bi-racial African Native American person, sometimes called a 'Black Indian'. Contrary to popular belief, Crispus Attucks was not simply black as people in his time and place defined it. Attucks was the product of the union of a African man who was an escaped slave and of a woman of the Natick band of the Massachusett, Wampanoag Indians.Now by the 'one drop rule', African-Americans claim him as just black.By the rules of matrilineal descent that the Indians of that region use Attucks would be considered an Indian because he was the son of one of their women.Attucks may also have been some part white but I can find no document to support that.The bottom line is that both African Americans and Native Americans can claim him 100%(Personal experience as a person of tri-racial mixture and having all three races intermittently claim and disown me, seemingly based solely upon the weather at the time.)
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