Crispus Attucks: Black Leader of Colonial Patriots

by Dharathula H. Millender

Book Overview

Get to know runaway slave and American revolutionary Crispus Attucks in this middle grade nonfiction biography of his early years

Crispus Attucks was born into slavery around 1723, the son of an African American enslaved person and a Natick Indian. After years of forced labor in the Boston area, Crispus escaped and began working on trading ships and whaling vessels until his death in the Boston Massacre.

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• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0020418108
• ISBN13: 9780020418108
• Release Date: October 1986
• Publisher: Aladdin Paperbacks
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.1" x 7.6"
• Age Range: 8 to 12 years
• Grade Range: Grades 3 to 7