Samuel Gray

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Samuel Gray was one of the colonial civilians killed by British soldiers during the 1770 Boston Massacre, an event that helped fuel American revolutionary sentiment.


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Predicate Object
instanceOf colonial American
person
victim of the Boston Massacre
associatedWith American Revolution
American revolutionary sentiment
burialPlace Boston
Granary Burying Ground
causeOfDeath gunshot wound
commemoratedBy Boston Massacre memorials
commemoratedIn accounts of the Boston Massacre
countryOfCitizenship Great Britain
deathDate 1770-03-05
deathManner homicide
diedIn Boston Massacre
ethnicGroup English American
familyName Gray
gender male
givenName Samuel
hasRole civilian
historicalEra pre-Revolutionary America
killedBy British soldiers
locatedInTime American colonial period
mentionedIn historical writings on the American Revolution
name Samuel Gray
notableFor being killed in the Boston Massacre
participantIn Boston Massacre
partOf casualties of the Boston Massacre
placeOfDeath Boston
Province of Massachusetts Bay
Thirteen Colonies
residence Boston
Province of Massachusetts Bay
significantEvent Boston Massacre
victimOf British Army gunfire
yearOfDeath 1770

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Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
Boston Massacre
hasVictim
Samuel Gray
name

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