The five killed were:
Ropemaker Samuel Gray
Mariner James Caldwell
Sailor Crispus Attucks
All who died instantly.
A few hours after, 17 year old Samuel Maverick died as a result of a ricocheted bullet to the head. In a result of his wounds on that day, Irish immigrant Patrick Carr died two weeks later.
This event was used as a huge piece of propaganda to fuel anti-British sentiments. This only added to the fire of the revolution that was to come.
2 comments:
Ohh very cool, Christy! Duh, it's the Fifth of March--I completely forgot!!
There's this book by Ann Rinaldi called The Fifth of March--did you ever read that? It's really good!
I've never heard of it, actually, but I just looked it up and it looks very good!
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