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T HE B OSTON M ASSACRE

On March 5, 1770, after being harassed for two years during their

occupation of Boston, British soldiers ﬁnally lost control, ﬁring into a mob

of rioting Americans, killing several of them, including Crispus Attucks,

a runaway slave and sailor, the ﬁrst African American patriot killed. The

aftermath of this “massacre” led to what eventually became the American

Revolution. The importance of the event grew, as it was used for political

purposes, to stoke the ﬁres of rebellion in the colonists, and to show the

British in the most unﬂattering light.

The Boston Massacre gathers together the most important primary

documents pertaining to the incident, along with images, anchored

together with a succinct yet thorough introduction, to give students of the

Revolutionary period access to the events of the massacre as they unfolded.

Included are newspaper stories, the official transcript of the trial, letters,

and maps of the area, as well as consideration of how the massacre is

remembered today.

Neil L. York is Mary Lou Fulton Professor of History at Brigham Young

University in Utah. He is the author of Turning the World Upside Down:

The War of American Independence and the Problem of Empire .

T HE B OSTON M ASSACRE

A H ISTORY WITH D OCUMENTS

NEIL L. YORK

First published 2010

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York, Neil Longley.

The Boston Massacre : a history with documents / Neil L. York.

p. cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

1. Boston Massacre, 1770. 2. Boston Massacre, 1770—Sources. I. Title.

E215.4.Y67 2010

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