Uncover the Wampanoag and African roots of Crispus Attucks, the first colonist killed at the Boston Massacre — a study in Indigenous & colonial history.
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America’s First Black Regiment Fought the British
The 1st Rhode Island Regiment, America’s first Black regiment, fought at the 1778 Battle of Rhode Island on Narragansett homeland. Inside the Slave Enlistment Act and its Native soldiers.