Patrick Carr

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Patrick Carr was one of the five colonists fatally wounded in the 1770 Boston Massacre, whose death helped inflame anti-British sentiment in the American colonies.


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Predicate Object
instanceOf Boston Massacre victim
person
associatedWith American Revolution prelude
associatedWithEventDate 1770-03-05
associatedWithEventPlace King Street, Boston
burialPlace Boston
causeOfDeath gunshot wound
injuries sustained in the Boston Massacre
citizenship British subject
countryOfOrigin Ireland
dateOfDeath 1770-03-14
deathContributedTo increased anti-British sentiment in the Thirteen Colonies
deathType homicide
depositionUsedIn trial of the British soldiers involved in the Boston Massacre
ethnicity Irish
familyName Carr
givenName Patrick
hasReligion Roman Catholicism
historicalEra American colonial period
madeDyingDeposition yes
mentionedIn accounts of the Boston Massacre
notableFor being one of the five colonists killed in the Boston Massacre
his death contributing to anti-British sentiment in the American colonies
numberOfFatalVictimsInEvent 5
occupation artisan
leather worker
participantIn Boston Massacre
placeOfDeath Boston
residence Boston
Province of Massachusetts Bay
roleInHistory martyr figure in colonial propaganda
statedInDeposition that the soldiers fired in self-defense
that the soldiers were provoked by the crowd
testimonyRecordedBy John Jeffries
timeBetweenInjuryAndDeath 9 days
victimOf British Army gunfire
wasAmong five colonists fatally wounded in the Boston Massacre
woundedOn 1770-03-05

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Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
Boston Massacre
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