Attucks

[ at-uhks ]

/ ˈæt əks /

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noun

Cris·pus

[kris-puhs], /ˈkrɪs pəs/, 1723?–70, American patriot, sailor of African and American Indian ancestry, killed in the Boston Massacre.

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Attucks was killed by Montgomery, one of Captain Preston's soldiers.
The Condition, Elevation, Emigration, and Destiny of the Colored People of the United States|Martin R. Delany
Attucks was a resident of Framingham, and there is some difference of opinion as to whether he was a mulatto or half-breed Indian.
Poems of American History|Various
The mulatto Attucks was one of the victims of the Boston Massacre, and was buried with honor among the "martyrs of liberty."
The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 11|Various
"That may be a longer time than he thinks for," Attucks, a mulatto who was well known to all, replied.
Under the Liberty Tree|James Otis

"I want you fellows to come with Attucks and me," the barber's apprentice said, in a peremptory tone.
Under the Liberty Tree|James Otis