Fighting for A Place in the City
As Black communities faced new threats and challenges following the Civil War, Black Bostonians took up the cause of creating a monument to secure Attucks’s legacy.
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Fighting for Freedom
Presented as the first martyr of the Revolution, Attucks’s legacy is revived to serve the cause of abolition.
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Fighting for Independence
Attucks’s death at the Boston Massacre became a rallying point on the road to Revolution.
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Fighting for Change
Generations of Americans called on the memory of Attucks in their own struggles for freedom and equality.
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Life at Sea
On the docks, Attucks encountered many discontented sailors and colonists who opposed British authority.
Connection to Black Communities
Attucks likely interacted with Bostonians of African descent who were pressing for their freedom before the Revolution.
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Connection to Native Peoples
As a man of Native ancestry, Attucks would have had many reasons to resent both the colonists and the British.
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African and Native Families
Attucks belonged to a blended community created by the forces of colonialism, slavery and love.
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Putting the Pieces Together
Key written documents offer clues to Attucks’s life.
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A Man of Many Worlds
Attucks’s views were likely shaped by his life as a mariner of African and Native descent living in British-occupied Boston.
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