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The Boston Massacre
In this highly sensational depiction engraved by Paul Revere, a leading member of the Sons of Liberty, British troops acting under the orders of a British officer fire on unarmed citizens and sailors who were taunting them.
Five Americans, including Crispus Attucks -- a runaway African American slave turned sailor -- died in the skirmish. Revere's engraving was derived from the work of Henry Pelham, an artist and engraver who harbored strong Loyalist sympathies.
Paul Revere, The Bloody Massacre Perpetrated in King Street Boston on March 5th 1770 by a Party of the 29th Regt. Boston, 1770. |