Crispus Attucks Essay Thesis

Crispus Attucks is significant in American History because he was the first to die in the Boston Massacre and is believed to be the first to die for the American Revolution. He was born around 1723 in Framingham, Massachusetts. He was born a slave and was the son of an Native American mother named Nancy Attucks, a Natick Indian and an African born slave believed to be named Prince Yonger. Before running away around the age of 27 Attucks belonged to William Brown of Framingham.
An ad in the Boston Gazette in 1750 stated that William Brown of Framingham sought recovery of the runaway slave. "Ran away from his Master, William Brown of Framingham, on the 30th of Sept. last, a Molatto Fellow, about 27 Year of age, named Crispas, 6 Feet two Inches high, short curl'd Hair...," the advertisement read.
After running away from his owner Crispus Attucks was a seaman spending 20 years including many years on a whaling crew sailing out of Boston harbor as well as being a ropemaker in Boston. Tension between British soldiers and seamen may have been the beginning of what later became known as the Boston Massacre in 1770. Crispus Attucks was at the front of the crowd and was the first person killed. Victims of this fight were instantly recognized as martyrs and symbols of liberty.
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The soldiers fired at the the crowd. Then the colonists were up and arms about the Boston Massacre so the King and Parliament were forced to have the soldiers tried in court at the colonies and The King had John Adams be the lawyer for the soldiers and John Adams accepted because he thought everyone deserves the right to a lawyer. “Quickly becoming known as the Boston Massacre, the episode further propelled the colonies toward war with the British. Flames were fanned even more when the eight soldiers involved in the incident and their captain Thomas Preston were acquitted on the grounds of