In the Boston Massacre Crispus Attucks and several colonists were killed by British soldiers. Crispus had been leading a protest march. Later, the soldiers were tried for murder.

Paul Revere's Illustration of the Boston Massacre

John Pufford's illustration of the Boston Massacre

Trial Notice

Crispus Attucks

Links

http://earlyamerica.com/series.html

http://cghs.dade.k12.fl.us/african-american/precivil/boston.htm

http://www.law.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/bostonmassacre/bostonmassacre.html