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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

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

“Unfortunately, there are still a lot of them out there,” Bowser said at the news conference at Crispus Attucks Park in Northwest Washington’s Bloomingdale neighborhood.

From Washington Post Nov. 22, 2021

Coffin image from a newspaper bears the initials of Crispus Attucks, killed in the “Boston Massacre.”

From "George Washington, Spymaster" by Thomas B. Allen

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