Abolition, slavery & women’s rights
Crispus Attucks
c. 1723–1770
Massachusetts connection
Boston
Attucks, a sailor of African and Indigenous ancestry, was one of the five people killed in the Boston Massacre. Later generations remembered him in the struggle for liberty and equal rights. Pictures made after the event are interpretations; they are not photographs of what happened.
You can use your device’s reading tools or read with a partner.
Your turn, historian
Find a detail. Build an idea.
- What did this person or group do? Point to a detail in the reading.
- What unfair rule or practice did this person challenge, and how?
- What would you like to find out next? Which kind of source could help?
“Crispus Attucks mattered because ___. A detail that supports my idea is ___.”
Follow the evidence.
This short reading is an original classroom summary. Open the source with your teacher to check details and learn more.
Read the source: National Park Service ↗Ask: Who made this source? What can it tell us? What might it leave out?