Crispus Attucks
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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
Speculative portrait of what Attucks might have looked like.
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)
Crispus Attucks' grave in the Granary Burying Ground
Crispus Attucks Middle School, Sunnyside, Houston, Texas
Christopher Seider
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Christopher Seider was a boy who is considered to be the first American killed in the American Revolution. He was 11 years old when he was shot and killed by British customs officer Ebenezer Richardso
Crispus Attucks
…killed in the American Revolution. Although he is widely remembered as the first American casualty of the American Revolutionary War, 11-year-old Christopher Seider was shot a few weeks earlier by customs officer Ebenezer Richardson on February 22, 1770. Historians disagree on whether Attucks was a free man or an…
The Bloody Massacre, Paul Revere's engraving of The Boston Massacre of March 1770. In the background on the right, the Customs House has been renamed "Butcher's Hall" and a gun can be seen firing from a window, an oblique reference to Seider's death.