The Boston Massacre (Famous Drawing) - On This Day

The Boston Massacre

The Boston Massacre as depicted by Paul Revere
The Boston Massacre as depicted by Paul Revere

Drawing Info

Artist: Paul Revere
Location drawn: Boston, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British America
Source: Metropolitan Museum of Art

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  • 1770-03-05 Boston Massacre (Incident on King Street): British soldiers kill 5 men in a crowd throwing snowballs, stones and sticks at them. African American Crispus Attucks 1st to die; later held up as early black martyr. Massacre galvanizes anti-British feelings.

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