BOSTON MASSACRE

1770, pre-Revolutionary incident growing out of the resentment against the British troops sent to Boston to maintain order and to enforce the Townshend Acts. The troops, constantly tormented by irresponsible gangs, finally (Mar. 5, 1770) fired into a rioting crowd and killed five men—three on the spot, two of wounds later. The funeral of the victims was the occasion for a great patriot demonstration. The British captain, Thomas Preston, and his men were tried for murder, with Robert Treat Paine as prosecutor, John Adams and Josiah Quincy as lawyers for the defense. Preston and six of his men were acquitted; two others were found guilty of manslaughter, punished, and discharged from the army.

See study by H. B. Zobel (1970).

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Massacres in the Jungle: Ixcan, Guatemala, 1975-1982
Book by Ricardo Falla, Julia Howland; Westview Press, 1994
Subjects: Guatemala--Politics And Government--1945-1985, Massacres--Ixcaan River Region (Guatemala And Mexico)--History--20th Century, Political Persecution--Ixcaan River Region (Guatemala And Mexico)--History--20th Century, Victims Of State-Sponsored Terrorism--Ixcaan River Region (Guatemala And Mexico)--History--20th Century
...641-662. San Salvador. Published as "Voices of the Survivors: The Massacre at Finca San Francisco", Cultural Survival, Inc., and Anthropology Resource Center, Boston, 1983. _____. 1979. Quiche Rebelde . Guatemala City: Editorial...
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Tamburlaine the Great, Parts 1 and 2; The Massacre at Paris with the Death of the Duke of Guise
Book by David Fuller, Edward J. Esche, Christopher Marlowe; Clarendon Press, 1998
Subjects: Asia, Central--Kings And Rulers--Drama, Conquerors--Asia, Central--Drama, Fiction, Guise, Henri--Duc De--1550-1588--Drama, Historical Drama, English, Saint Bartholomew's Day, Massacre Of, France, 1572--Drama, Timur--1336-1405--Drama
...with a critical response to Massacre is the corrupt state of the...many modern commentators see Massacre as crude and simplistic. But...Edward Phillips first mentions Massacre in a curiously non-judgemental...Heritage 1588-1896 , London, Boston, and Henley, 1979, p. 51...
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Bloody Dawn: The Story of the Lawrence Massacre
Book by Thomas Goodrich; Kent State University Press, 1991
Subjects: Kansas--History--Civil War, 1861-1865, Lawrence (Kan.)--History, Massacres--Kansas--Lawrence--History--19th Century, Quantrill, William Clarke--1837-1865
...William H. "The Lawrence Massacre." LKSHS. History of Clay...Narrative of the Lawrence Massacre on the morning of the 2Ist...Western Border, 1854-1865 . Boston: Little, Brown, I955. Nevins...Interior and Exterior Life. Boston: Crosby, Nichols and Co...
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They Were in Nanjing: The Nanjing Massacre Witnessed by American and British Nationals
Book by Suping Lu; Hong Kong University Press, 2004
Subjects: Nanjing (Jiangsu Sheng, China), Nanking Massacre, Nanjing, Jiangsu Sheng, China, 1937, Nanking Massacre, Nanjing, Jiangsu Sheng, China, 1937--Personal Narratives, Sino-Japanese Conflict, 1937-1945--Atrocities--Sources
...the Congregational Mission Library in Boston and Harvards Haughton Library. Some of...and discusses with friends about the massacre sites with tens of thousands bodies strewn...and display eyewitness accounts of the massacre and other original materials related to...
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The Massacre in History
Book by Mark Levene, Penny Roberts; Berghahn Books, 1999
Subjects: Massacres
...Michael Vickery, Cambodia, 1975-1982 Boston, 1984 , chap. 1, "The Gentle Land...totalitarian ideology and state-sponsored massacre, see Irving Louis Horowitz, Taking Lives...this view. 62. See Elena Poniatowska, Massacre in Mexico Columbia, Missouri and London...
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The Lynching Massacre of Black and White Soldiers at Fort Pillow, Tennessee, April 12, 1864
Journal article by James D. Lockett; The Western Journal of Black Studies, Vol. 22, 1998
Subjects: Lynching--History, Massacres--United States, Soldiers--Crimes against, United States history--Civil War, 1861-1865
The Lynching Massacre of Black and White Soldiers...on the "Fort Pillow Massacre," 38th Congress, 1st...border, 1854-1865. Boston: Little, Brown and...border, 1854-1865. Boston: Little, Brown, and...on the "Fort Pillow Massacre" 38th Congress, 1st...
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Journalistic Impartiality on the Eve of Revolution: the Boston Evening Post, 1770-1775
Journal article by James L. Moses; Journalism History, Vol. 20, 1994
Subjects: American Revolution, Boston Evening Post-Massachusetts, Boston Massachusetts, History, Newspapers
...growing, dramatically thrust forward by the Boston Massacre of March 5, 1770, and building intermittently...this period occurred on March 5, 1770: the Boston Massacre. British soldiers, sent to Boston to protect customs agents from colonists...
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A Parish for the Black Catholics of Boston
Journal article by William C. Leonard; The Catholic Historical Review, Vol. 83, 1997
Subjects: Black history, Catholic churches, Clergy, Religious orders, Sisters of the Blessed Sacrament, St Richards Church-Boston MA
A Parish for the Black Catholics of Boston by William C. Leonard Introduction It...to establish an all-black parish in Boston from the time of the first organized effort...August, 1914, the Sisters arrived in Boston, where they set up a "social service...
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The Camp Grant Massacre in the Historical Imagination
Journal article by Chip Colwell-Chanthaphonh; Journal of the Southwest, Vol. 45, 2003
The Camp Grant Massacre in the Historical Imagination...Dennis. 1984. Apache Massacre at Camp Grant Recalled with...1985. The Camp Grant Massacre. In Where the Waters Meet...The Death of the Past. Boston: Houghton Mifflin. Record...
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Embedded in the "Battle of the Lakes": A Report from the Textual Frontlines of the 1833 Humboldt Sink Massacre
Journal article by Cheryll Glotfelty; ATQ (The American Transcendental Quarterly), Vol. 18, 2004
Subjects: Indian Wars, 1622-1890--Media coverage, Native Americans--Media coverage, Native Americans--Wars, Nevada--History
...murdered. The account documents the massacre of fourteen more Indians on Walkers...account follows Walkers movements and massacres in the Great Basin. In this history...Alleys coverage of the 1833 Humboldt massacre is broad and balanced, including the...than anything else. He attributes the massacre to "intellectual distancing to the...
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Boston Massacre: 'The Departed'
Magazine article by Richard Alleva; Commonweal, Vol. 133, November 3, 2006
Subjects: Motion pictures--Movie reviews, The Departed (Motion picture)--Movie reviews
Boston Massacre: The Departed. by Richard Alleva I feel like an ingrate about The Departed...entertaining twists, and a colorful milieu (Irish Americans in South Boston) rendered with zesty detail. So whats not to like? Well ... though...
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The Massacres of History
Magazine article by Howard Zinn; The Progressive, Vol. 62, August 1998
Subjects: History publishing--Political aspects, Massacres--Political aspects
...speak about other massacres in American history...to me that the Boston Massacre, which took place...victims of the Massacre. And the British...their troops out of Boston. Undoubtedly...to discuss other massacres because it seemed...attention on the Boston Massacre would be a painless...
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Media Watch: NY Times-boston Globe Merger Bad News for Mideast Objectivity
Magazine article by Richard H. Curtiss; The Washington Report on Middle East Affairs, Vol. 12, August 31, 1993
Subjects: Acquisitions & mergers, Boston, MA, Business community, Ethics, Industry, Middle East, New York, NY, Political ethics, Publishing industry
...the consistently liberal Boston Globe has been more outspoken...in recent years. Liberal, Boston-based Anthony Lewis consistently...which claimed falsely that the massacre began with an assault on Jewish...does the acquisition of the Boston Globe by The New York Times...
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Massacre in East Timor Exposes the Hypocrisy of Clinton's 'Humanitarian' Foreign Policy
Magazine article by Don Feder; Insight on the News, Vol. 15, October 25, 1999
Subjects: Clinton, Bill--Foreign relations, East Timor--Military aspects, International relations--Analysis, Kosovo, Yugoslavia--Military aspects
Massacre in East Timor Exposes the Hypocrisy of Clintons Humanitarian...Clinton doctrine is in need of serious revision: We will stop massacres and forced population transfers if the country responsible...teetered on the brink. Don Feder is a columnist for the Boston Herald and is nationally syndicated.
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The Boston Truth
Magazine article by Gail Scudieri; New Statesman, Vol. 137, October 13, 2008
The Boston Truth. by Gail Scudieri Regarding John Adamss defence of the British soldiers involved in the Boston Massacre (Television, 6 October): he did, indeed, obtain acquittals for...
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Care Home Massacre
Newspaper article; The Mirror (London, England), March 30, 2009
Subjects: Massacres, Nursing homes
Care Home Massacre. Byline: By ADRIAN SHAW A GUNMAN killed eight and injured several more...put it past him. I hate to say it, but its true." Meanwhile, in Boston, Massachusetts, a man went berserk at a family birthday party, killing...
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How America's Elite Hijacked a Massacre to Take Revenge on Sarah Palin
Newspaper article; The Daily Mail (London, England), January 11, 2011
Subjects: Giffords, Gabrielle, Massacres, Palin, Sarah, Safeway Inc., Supermarkets
How Americas Elite Hijacked a Massacre to Take Revenge on Sarah Palin. Byline: from Tom Leonard IN...call for small government. As the name (a reference to the 1773 Boston Tea Party) implies, Tea Party supporters see their movement...
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Holidays: Cheers! Boston Is One Great Big Glee Party
Newspaper article; The People (London, England), January 3, 1999
Subjects: Boston, Massachusetts
...Great Big Glee Party. THEY call Boston the cradle of American history...the hilarious TV series Cheers! Boston is, indeed, a city for everyone...Paul Revere, and victims of the Boston Massacre who were shot by the English in...
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Guillen Says He's Ready for Boston
Newspaper article; Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL), August 8, 2008
Subjects: Boston Red Sox, Guillen, Ozzie
Guillen Says Hes Ready for Boston. Byline: Scot Gregor sgregor...Sox, they put a new spin on the Boston Massacre. Not only did the Red Sox sweep...played much better this season, and Boston is running second in the AL East...
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More Boston Blues for the Wizards
Newspaper article by John N. Mitchell; The Washington Times, November 4, 1999
Subjects: Boston, Massachusetts
...marked the sixth time in a row Boston has beaten the Wizards here...of the season was a 113-84 massacre last April 25. Boston last night used a 23-6 run...quarter. And at its greatest, the Boston lead swelled to 25 points, 81...
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Boston Massacre
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
BOSTON MASSACRE 1770, pre-Revolutionary incident growing out of the resentment against the British troops sent to Boston to maintain order and to enforce the Townshend Acts . The troops, constantly...
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Massachusetts
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...the Townshend Acts (1767) preceded the Boston Massacre (1770), and the Tea Act (1773) brought on the Boston Tea Party . The rebellious colonials were...patriot forces. The British remained in Boston until Mar. 17, 1776, when Gen. William...
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American Revolution
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...Hancock in 1768; the bloodshed of the Boston Massacre in 1770; the burning of H. M...the East India Company led to the Boston Tea Party in 1773. Despite the...Seth Warner captured Crown Point. Boston was under British siege, and before...
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Quincy, Josiah , 1744–75, Political Leader in the American Revolution
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...series of anonymous articles for the Boston Gazette in which he opposed the...soldiers in the trial after the Boston Massacre . In 1773 he went to South Carolina...of Parliament Commonly Called the Boston Port Bill (1774) was an important...
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Townshend Acts
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...protested against the taxes. The Boston merchants again boycotted English...unpleasant incidents, notably the Boston Massacre . The boycott decreased British...retention of the tea tax caused the Boston Tea Party...
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