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He was born in the year 1723 in Framingham, Massachusetts.
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He was a slave but escaped in 1750 at the age of 27 and used an alias that went by the name of Michael Johnson. He moved to Boston to become a free man and a sailor.
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The British were taking the part-time jobs that the colonists relied on to make money, causing hate from the colonists, specifically Crispus Attucks. He saw this as economic competition.
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The tensions grew daily as the colonists tried to gain independence from the British. The Townshend Acts were in action
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Angry colonists were protesting for their independence from the British. They were throwing things at the British and saying disrespectful stuff to them. Then a British soldier shot at the crowd, which hit Crispus Attucks. He was the first one to die in the Boston Massacre.
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Today, he is known as a hero of the American Revolution and a symbol of the struggle for civil rights and for freedom.