Today marks the 251st anniversary of the Boston Massacre, a bloody brawl between colonists and Briti
Today marks the 251st anniversary of the Boston Massacre, a bloody brawl between colonists and British soldiers which paved the way for the American Revolution. Killed in the massacre was Crispus Attucks, a freedman and dockworker, making him the first American killed in the Revolution. This engraving by Paul Revere depicts the conflict with 18 lines of verse criticizing the actions of the British and a list of colonists killed or injured printed below. Paul Revere. The bloody massacre perpetuated in King Street, Boston, on March 5th, 1770, by a party of the 25th Regt. Boston: Republished at 15 Water St, March 5, 1832. -- source link
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