Crispus Attucks

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Crispus Attucks was an African and Native American dockworker widely regarded as the first person killed in the Boston Massacre and thus the first casualty of the American Revolution.

Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form Occurrences
Crispus Attucks Day 1

Statements (32)

Predicate Object
instanceOf American patriot
historical figure
person
victim of police violence
approximateYearOfBirth circa 1723
causeOfDeath gunshot wound
commemoratedBy Crispus Attucks self-linksurface differs
surface form: Crispus Attucks Day
commemoratedOn March 5
conflict American Revolutionary War
surface form: American Revolution
countryOfCitizenship Colonial America
surface form: British America
dateOfDeath 1770-03-05
ethnicity African
Native American
event Boston Massacre
fullName Crispus Attucks self-link
gender male
hasHeritage African American
Native American
historicalEra American Revolutionary War
surface form: American Revolutionary period

Colonial America
honoredBy monuments in Boston
schools named after him in the United States
killedIn Boston Massacre
mentionedIn accounts of the Boston Massacre
notableFor being widely regarded as the first casualty of the American Revolution
being widely regarded as the first person killed in the Boston Massacre
occupation dockworker
sailor
placeOfDeath Boston, Massachusetts
surface form: Boston
regionOfActivity Massachusetts Bay Colony
symbolOf African American participation in the American Revolution
resistance to British rule

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subject surface form: Granary Burying Ground
Granary Burying Ground burialPlaceOf Crispus Attucks
Crispus Attucks commemoratedBy Crispus Attucks self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Crispus Attucks Day
Crispus Attucks fullName Crispus Attucks self-link
Boston Massacre hasKeyFigure Crispus Attucks
Boston Massacre hasVictim Crispus Attucks