The first person killed in the American Revolution was not British, nor were they white?...
The first person killed in the American Revolution was not British, nor were they white?... Crispus Attucks was born about 1723 and died March 5th, 1770. He was a dockworker in Boston of African, Native American of the (Wampanoag) Tribe, and possibly European descent (due to one of his possible Natick ancestors being half European). He is believed to be the first person killed during the Boston Massacre which makes him the first American killed in the American Revolution. The massacre occurred when a British soldier chastised a young boy for complaining that the officer did not pay a barber bill. As a result, a group of colonists which included Attucks confronted a group of soldiers. Attucks was killed in the confrontation along with 4 others. Six others were wounded. Attucks' body was brought to Faneuil Hall where it lay in state until Thursday, March 8th. Bostonians regarded Attucks as a martyr for the American cause for independence. His gravesite can be located at the Gran