First Martyr of Liberty: Crispus Attucks in American Memory - Paperback
by Mitch Kachun
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Language:EnglishPublisher:Oxford University PressISBN-13:9780190092498ISBN-10:190092491UPC:9780190092498Book Category:History, Biography & AutobiographyBook Subcategory:United States, African American & BlackBook Topic:Colonial Period (1600-1775)Size:8.90 x 5.70 x 0.90 inchesWeight:0.8818Product ID:SCZ20HZGJE
First Martyr of Liberty explores how Crispus Attucks's death in the 1770 Boston Massacre led to his achieving mythic significance in African Americans' struggle to incorporate their experiences and heroes into the mainstream of the American historical narrative. While the other victims of the Massacre have been largely ignored, Attucks is widely celebrated as the first to die in the cause of...
Language:EnglishPublisher:Oxford University PressISBN-13:9780190092498ISBN-10:190092491UPC:9780190092498Book Category:History, Biography & AutobiographyBook Subcategory:United States, African American & BlackBook Topic:Colonial Period (1600-1775)Size:8.90 x 5.70 x 0.90 inchesWeight:0.8818Product ID:SCZ20HZGJE
Mitch Kachun is Professor of History at Western Michigan University. He is the author of Festivals of Freedom: Memory and Meaning in African American Emancipation Celebrations, 1808-1915 and co-editor of The Curse of Caste; or the Slave Bride: A Rediscovered African American Novel by Julia C. Collins.
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