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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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Which of these people was an escaped black slave who was killed in an early confrontation against the British?
crispus attucks
In 1770 this famous American became the first Black casualty in the American Revolution?
Crispus Attucks.
Did Crispus Attucks like the British?
No, hence his murder
Where did crispus attucks go to school?
John Hancock High School
Why did crispus attucks fight in the revolutionary war?
hey just wanted to i guess the easy way to say it =)
Who was the first African American to die in the colonist' fight for freedom against the British?
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Who was the first person killed in the Boston massacre and was an African American worker?
You were Crispus Attucks.
What black died at the Boston massacre 1770?
Crispus Attucks
Did crispus attucks have any aunts or uncles?
Crispus Attucks had a sister named Phebe Attucks
The first man killed in the Boston massacre?
Free man of Color Crispus Attucks was among the first patriots to fall at the Boston Massacre.
Black patriot who died in Boston massacre?
Crispus Attucks, a sailor of mixed Indian-African-White Ancestry. Attucks would later be remembered as the "first-martyr of the American Revolution."
Important things crispus attucks did?
Crispus Attucks fought in the Boston Massacre
Was Crispus Attucks an educated man?
Crispus Attucks was a slave who was killed. Bye!!!!
What crispus attucks did during revoulutionary war?
Crispus ATTUCKS WAS IN AMERICAN REVELOUTION
What is the name of the black patriot that died in the Boston massacre?
Crispus Attucks
Who was Crispus Attucks' wife?
Crispus Attucks was not married because slaves were not allowed to get married.
What age did Crispus Attucks escape slavery?
Crispus Attucks escaped slavery when was 25
