Attucks, Crispus Öffentlichkeit Deposited
He served on sailing ships and was skilled as a rope maker.
The first colonist killed by British troops during the American Revolutionary War. This was known as the Boston Massacre. Eight British soldiers were tried for murder but acquitted.
He appears on the obverse of the 1998 Black Patriots dollar commemorative coin. The obverse was designed by John Mercanti with reverse designed by Ed Dwight.
Profile CW:WW 1/22/2001
- 1723
- 1770-03-05