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As you can see, Attucks was a person whose contributions to the United States' independence are still remembered today. He is truly an important person in American history.

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Circa 1723

1880

The Crispus Attucks Monument was erected on the Boston Common despite opinions from others saying that Attucks was a criminal.

Crispus Attucks was born in Framingham, Massachusetts, a town just outside of Boston.

1760

1770

1750

1850

1723

1860

1880

1870

1960

1970

March 5, 1770

1858

Birth to 1750

Attucks dies in the Boston Massacre along with four others by armed British soldiers.

Crispus Attucks Day was inaugurated by a group of African, Boston abolitionists to honor Attucks's death.

Since Attucks was born into slavery, he works as a slave under William Brown.

The Legacy of Crispus Attucks

1750-1770

Attucks runs away from Brown's "services" in 1750. He found a job as a sailor on trading and whaling vessels and later became a rope maker. He kept these jobs until 1770.

March 12, 1775

Paul Revere published his famous engraving of the Boston Massacre.

1964

In one of Martin Luther King Jr.'s famous speeches, "Why we can't Wait," he described Attucks as an example of "a contribution to history that provided a potent message of moral courage."

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