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- GLC#
- GLC01868
- Type
- Images
- Date
- 1770
- Author/Creator
- Revere, Paul, 1735-1818
- Title
- The Bloody Massacre perpetrated in King-Street Boston on March 5th 1770 by a party of the 29th Reg.
- Place Written
- Boston, Massachusetts
- Pagination
- 1 p. : Height: 29.3 cm, Width: 24 cm
- PDF Download(s)
- PDF copy (image only)
- Primary time period
- American Revolution, 1763-1783
- Sub-Era
- Road to Revolution
Engraving of the Boston Massacre, hand-colored, first edition. Crispus Attucks is colored in, indicating that he was an African American. The depiction of the event and a poem printed below the engraving vilifies the British Army. The casualties, described as "unhappy sufferers," are listed at the bottom.
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