Samuel Maverick

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Samuel Maverick was a young Boston apprentice who became one of the five colonists killed in the 1770 Boston Massacre, later remembered as an early martyr of the American Revolution.


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Predicate Object
instanceOf Boston Massacre victim
person
ageAtDeath young
associatedWith early American patriot cause
causeOfDeath gunshot wound
commemoratedOn Boston Massacre memorials
countryOfCitizenship Province of Massachusetts Bay
dateOfDeath 1770-03-05
ethnicGroup colonial American
familyName Maverick
givenName Samuel
hasRole victim in the Boston Massacre
historicalEventContext tensions between American colonists and British troops in Boston
historicalPeriod Colonial America
mannerOfDeath homicide
memorializedAs martyr of liberty in American Revolutionary memory
movement American Revolution (prelude)
notableFor being one of five colonists killed in the Boston Massacre
being remembered as an early martyr of the American Revolution
occupation apprentice
participantIn Boston Massacre
partOf group of five colonists killed in the Boston Massacre
placeOfBirth Boston
placeOfDeath Boston
residence Boston
victimOf British soldiers’ gunfire in the Boston Massacre

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Boston Massacre
hasVictim

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