Word: crispus
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...devoted his life to the collection of sociological and historical documents of Negro significance. Interested readers perusing casually the maze of unfamiliar facts portrayed in history viewed through smoked glasses* glance twice at such information as: Several Negroes were included among the "minutemen" of the Revolutionary War. Crispus Attucks, Negro, was one of the first four soldiers to shed blood in behalf of U. S. liberty. Southern Aristocrat Jefferson openly opposed slavery; Henry Laurens, George Wythe, George Mason, George Washington tacitly did likewise. At Bunker Hill, Peter Salem, Negro, achieved distinction by killing Major Pitcairn. Jacob Bishop, Negro...