By: Leon Kwasi Kuntuo-Asare Crispus Attucks was born in Massachusetts in 1723. He was of Black and Native American ancestry. Some reports say Attucks ran away from his slave master William Brown at the age of 27, other reports say he was a freeman. Either way, at the age of 27 he would join a boat crew and would be … Continue reading BLACK HISTORY SPOTLIGHT: CRISPUS ATTUCKS