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'''Crispus Attucks''' (c. 1723 – | |name = Crispus Attucks | ||
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|birth = c. 1723<br>{{Wiki|Framingham, Massachusetts|Framingham}}, [[Massachusetts|Province of Massachusetts Bay]], [[United States|British America]] | |||
|death = 5 March 1770 {{c|aged c. 47}}<br>[[Boston]], Province of Massachusetts Bay, British America | |||
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'''Crispus Attucks''' (c. 1723 – 1770) was an American sailor born to an {{wiki|African-American}} father and an {{wiki|Native American}} mother. He was the first victim of the [[Boston Massacre]]. | |||
On 5 March 1770, hostilities between the [[British Army|British troops]] and the citizens of [[Boston]] culminated in the | On 5 March 1770, hostilities between the [[British Army|British troops]] and the citizens of [[Boston]] culminated in the Boston Massacre, in which British soldiers shot into a crowd and killed five men.<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed III]]'' – [[A Trip to Boston]]</ref><ref name="Database">''Assassin's Creed III'' – [[Database: Boston Massacre]]</ref><ref name="Boston Gazette">''Assassin's Creed III'' – [[Database: The Boston Massacre]]</ref> Among them was Attucks, who died instantly after being shot. After his body was examined by [[Benjamin Church]], it was discovered that two musket balls entered his chest, one of them goring the right lobe of the lungs and a large part of the liver in a gruesome manner.<ref name="Boston Gazette" /> | ||
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*''[[Assassin's Creed III]]'' | *''[[Assassin's Creed III]]'' {{Mdat}} | ||
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Latest revision as of 13:17, 10 August 2025
Crispus Attucks (c. 1723 – 1770) was an American sailor born to an African-American father and an Native American mother. He was the first victim of the Boston Massacre.
On 5 March 1770, hostilities between the British troops and the citizens of Boston culminated in the Boston Massacre, in which British soldiers shot into a crowd and killed five men.[1][2][3] Among them was Attucks, who died instantly after being shot. After his body was examined by Benjamin Church, it was discovered that two musket balls entered his chest, one of them goring the right lobe of the lungs and a large part of the liver in a gruesome manner.[3]
Appearances[edit | edit source]
- Assassin's Creed III (mentioned in Database entry only)
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ Assassin's Creed III – A Trip to Boston
- ↑ Assassin's Creed III – Database: Boston Massacre
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Assassin's Creed III – Database: The Boston Massacre