who was crispus attucks
Crispus Attucks, (born 1723?âdied March 5, 1770, Boston, Mass. [U.S.]) American hero, martyr of the Boston Massacre. Attucksâs life prior to the day of his death is still shrouded in mystery. Although nothing is known definitively about his ancestry, his father is thought to be Prince Yonger, a slave who was brought to America, while his mother is thought to be Nancy Attucks, a Natick Indian.