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Attucks, Crispus

  1. A black sailor killed in the Boston Massacre .


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Notes

It is said that he was among the first Americans to die in the struggle for liberty.

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Example Sentences

One of the sailors, a mulatto or half-breed Indian of gigantic stature, named Crispus Attucks, had been especially conspicuous.

At the head of this body of citizens was a stalwart colored man, Crispus Attucks.

There is no record to controvert the fact of the leadership of Crispus Attucks.

Crispus Attucks, a Negro, was the first to lay down his life in the defense of his country.

A colored man, Crispus Attucks, was the first martyr of our Revolutionary struggle.

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