Boston Massacre, March 5th, 1770

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This description refers to material held by Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture. Visual details below describe the original material.

A lithograph based on W. L. Champney's illustration of the Boston Massacre. The image focuses on Crispus Attucks, who appears in the center, club in hand, holding the barrel of a British soldier's musket. Behind him, a line of British soldiers fire into a crowd of club-wielding citizens.

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