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Attucks

American  
[at-uhks] / ˈæt əks /

noun

  1. Crispus 1723?–70, American patriot, sailor of African and American Indian ancestry, killed in the Boston Massacre.


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Then there’s Crispus Attucks, who is best known as a victim in the Boston Massacre of 1770 and is often portrayed as the first martyr of the American Revolution.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 25, 2023

All Attucks Adams tours are available for private groups, starting at $125 for up to five people.

From Washington Post • Jul. 19, 2022

Meaders, a retired New York City schoolteacher, has a group of items on the Revolutionary War hero Crispus Attucks.

From New York Times • Mar. 7, 2022

Inclusiveness is already evident in Massachusetts, which honored the anniversary of 1770’s Boston Massacre with “Reflecting Attucks,” an exhibit examining the life and legacy of Crispus Attucks.

From Seattle Times • Nov. 26, 2021

One statue in the Boston Commons astonished me: a Negro named Crispus Attucks, who had been the first man to fall in the Boston Massacre.

From "The Autobiography of Malcolm X" by Alex Malcolm X;Hailey

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