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People of the Revolutionary War | Patriots of the American Revolution | Crispus Attucks
Crispus Attucks
Crispus Attucks, half Natick Indian and half African American, 6 feet, 2 inches tall (quite a height for
that period) was a runaway slave from Framingham, Mass. He was a mariner who went by the name of
Michael Johnson. Until shot down, Attucks led the charges against the troops in front of the British
Coffee House -- the episode known as the "Boston Massacre."
The name Attucks was the word for "deer" in the Natick language.
Colored Patriots of the American
Revolution
In the Boston Massacre
Crispus Attucks and several colonists were killed by British soldiers. Crispus had been leading a protest
march. Later, the soldiers were tried for murder.
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