Crispus attucks biography boston massacre

The life of Crispus Attucks cannot be fully substantiated as records of slaves during the colony were poorly documented.

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There are no records of his life after he escaped his master until his death in

It is believed that Attucks was born a slave in Framingham, Massachusetts in Both his parents were slaves owned by Colonel Buckminster from Framingham, Massachusetts.

Documents describe Crispus as a man of mixed parentage; his father, Prince, was an African slave and his mother, Nancy, was a Wampanoag or Natick Indian forced into slavery. Crispus Attucks was named after the word “attucks” that comes from the native Wampanoag language and means small, male deer.

Attucks might have had an older sister and a younger brother who died as a child.  He lived with his parents serving Colonel Buckminster until he was 16 when he was sold to Deacon William Brown who also resided in Framingham.

Attucks work for Brown consisted in trading cattle. When he was about 27 years old he escap