Crispus Attucks
18th-century African-American stevedore; first victim of the Boston Massacre
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Crispus Attucks (c. – March 5, 1770) was an American whaler, sailor, and stevedore of African and Native American descent, who is traditionally regarded as the first person killed in the Boston Massacre, and as a result the first American killed in the American Revolution.